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diff --git a/rc.sysinit b/rc.sysinit
index 3773beb..0fca20e 100755
--- a/rc.sysinit
+++ b/rc.sysinit
@@ -62,11 +62,12 @@ if [[ $HWCLOCK_PARAMS ]]; then
# Adjust the system time for timezone offset if rtc is not in UTC
# 1. Make creation time on udev nodes sane (FS#8665)
# 2. Filesystem checks can depend on system time
- # 3. This will set the clock, if using non-UTC, off the last known
- # configured timezone. Any new timezone put in rc.conf is copied over at
- # a later time.
- # This also sets the kernel time zone.
- [[ -f /etc/localtime ]] && hwclock $HWCLOCK_PARAMS
+ # 3. This also sets the kernel time zone, used by e.g. vfat
+ # If TIMEZONE is not set in rc.conf, the timezone stored in /etc/localtime
+ # is used. If HARDWARECLOCK is not set in rc.conf, the value in
+ # /var/lib/hwclock/adjfile is used (in this case /var can not be a separate
+ # partition).
+ TZ=$TIMEZONE && hwclock $HWCLOCK_PARAMS
fi
# Start/trigger UDev, load MODULES and settle UDev