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Repairing time zone setting problems
Authored by: Metzen on Feb 27, '03 01:34:47PM

Your above solution only works when the zoneinfo files have not been corrupted. Proof of concept:

Search for "localtime" on your computer with visibility "all". Once you find it, open the containing folder, and get info on the file. Note the file localtime points to. And go to that file (located in /usr/share/zoneinfo/etc. etc. etc.) and open it in TextEdit. To get an idea of what Norton does, "Select all" press delete, and then save the file. Now, go to your time zone in Date and Time system preference and select a timezone that is not yours. Now select your original time zone. Your Time zone will now say the *previous* time zone you selected, even though the "selected" area is correct and your city is correct.

Now delete the timezone cache file and see if that fixes it.

I'll tell you right now, it does not.



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Repairing time zone setting problems
Authored by: Metzen on Feb 27, '03 07:27:13PM

When I said "for the above solution" I meant the one posted in the comment.



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Repairing time zone setting problems
Authored by: ducasi on Feb 28, '03 03:25:25AM

Sure, if your zoneinfo files are messed up, you need to restore them.

But I said "Removing [the cache] file and rebooting should be the first step if you've got a time zone problem."

Chances are that the cache file is more likely to be messed up, but if removing it doesn't fix the problem, your solution should be the second step.

After all, which is easier to do?



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Repairing time zone setting problems
Authored by: Metzen on Feb 28, '03 02:43:27PM

I wasn't disagreeing with you. I'm just stating that your solution serves a different purpose then the symptoms stated in the article.



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