Installation guide

Chapter 18.
Time and Date Configuration
Red Hat Linux no longer includes timetool. The dateconfig utility has replaced timetool.
The dateconfig application allows the user to change the system date and time, to configure
the time zone used by the system, and to setup the Network Time Protocol (NTP) daemon
to synchronize the system clock with a time server.
To use dateconfig, you must be running the X Window System and have root privileges. To
start dateconfig, use one of the following methods:
• On the GNOME desktop, go to the Main Menu Button (on the Panel) => Programs =>
System => Date/Time Properties.
• On the KDE desktop, go to the Main Menu Button (on the Panel) => System =>
Date/Time Properties.
• Type the command dateconfig at a shell prompt (for example, in an XTerm or a GNOME
terminal).
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18.1. Time and Date Properties
As shown in Figure 18-1, the first tabbed window that appears is for configuring the system
date and time and the NTP daemon (ntpd).
1. If you type timetool at a shell prompt, Dateconfig will start.