The following steps are required to set the timezone in Arch Linux
Adjust /etc/rc.conf
HARDWARECLOCK="UTC"
TIMEZONE="Europe/Zurich"
Export TZ local variable
# export TZ=:/usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Zurich
Check timzone
# date
Tue May 24 11:13:55 CEST 2011
Disable TCP Timestamps onLinux
/etc/sysctl.conf file:
net.ipv4.tcptimestamps = 0
Disable TCP Timestamps on Windows
Key: HKEYLOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters
Value: Tcp1323Opts
Data: 0 or 1
Disable Timestamps on Cisco
no ip tcp timestamp
