localtime - zoneinfo (for Gentoo)

$ /etc/conf.d/clock

# Copyright 1999-2004 Gentoo Foundation
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-src/rc-scripts/etc/conf.d/clock,v 1.1 2004/10/16 05:47:45 vapier Exp $

# Set CLOCK to "UTC" if your system clock is set to UTC (also known as
# Greenwich Mean Time).  If your clock is set to the local time, then
# set CLOCK to "local".

CLOCK="local"

# If you wish to pass any other arguements to hwclock during bootup,
# you may do so here.

CLOCK_OPTS=""

# If you want to sync the system clock to the hardware clock during
# shutdown, then say "yes" here.

CLOCK_SYSTOHC="yes"


### ALPHA SPECIFIC OPTIONS ###

# If your alpha uses the SRM console, set this to "yes".
SRM="no"

# If your alpha uses the ARC console, set this to "yes".
ARC="no"


$ ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/New_York /etc/localtime