Hopefully this isn't off topic. one of the reasons I'm looking for the
answer to this is so my tape backup clients and servers use the same
time.

I've got a redhat ES 2.1 system. how do I set the /etc/localtime? I want
to change it from GMT to Eastern Standard.

I made the change in /etc/sysconfig/clock, but this did not effect the
change in localtime.

Thanks - 
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Michael Martinez
Linux System Administrator
CSREES/ISTM/USDA
mmartinez AT csrees.usda DOT gov