This sounds like your box thinks that the clock is set to UTC (12-7 = 5 hours)

Take a look at the file:

/etc/sysconfig/clock

The contents should be like the following :

ARC=false
UTC=false
ZONE=America/Phoenix

Good luck,
	KevinO

Lee Einer wrote:
> 
> Hi, all-
> 
> My clock does not work well under Mandrake 8.2. Each time I sign on, the 
> time is either 5 hours ahead or 5 hours behind where it should be. I 
> tried changing the time with the KDE gui. No dice. I can correct the 
> time while under that session, but the next time I sign on, the clock 
> exhibits the same problem. I checked hwclock, and verified that my 
> hardware clock was keeping correct time. I tried re-setting the sytem 
> time, and then doing hwclock --hctosys. No difference. I tried using the 
> --localtime switch. No difference. I tried using the --utc switch. 
> Again, no difference. Any insights as to how I can get this corrected?
> 
> 
> 
> Lee Einer
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