Annoying clock problems

I'm thoroughly confused over the clock on my pc.
After running: rdate -s time.nist.gov
The time reported in vc1 with "hwclock" (as root) is 23:54 BST (this is the correct time)
The time reported in vc2 with "hwclock" (as a normal user) is 18:54 EDT (this is incorrect)
The time reported in an Xterm window with "hwclock" (as root) is 23:54 EDT (this is incorrect)
The time reported in vc1 with "date" (as root) is 23:54 BST (this is the correct time)
The time reported in vc2 with "date" (as a normal user) is 18:54 EDT (this is incorrect)
The time reported in an Xterm window with "date" (as root) is 18:54 EDT (this is incorrect)
/etc/rc.conf contains:
HARDWARECLOCK="UTC"
TIMEZONE=Europe/London
I seem to be stuck with a 5 hour offset or something when using X.
What on earth is going on? (BTW this is not a clock drift problem)
It used to work fine but I had difficulties recently trying to change to udev (had to revert to devfs,under kernel 2.6.12-ck5) and have experienced the problem ever since.

Yes I've tried HARDWARECLOCK="localtime" and it makes no difference to the readings above.
The machine is microsoft free so its not that.
Its the difference in the values for different users and the fact that the time is correct, so long as I don't use a window manager, that makes me think its not "clock" related but rather how the clock is interpreted by X.
Maybe there are permission problems on some critical clock related file, although the /usr/share/zoneinfo & /etc/timezone files all look ok.
I just wish I knew which file to edit or which package to reinstall!
BTW which package contains hwclock?

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Hi Ben.
Thank you very much vor your replay
but I still can get it
Here the code
on testAlphaChannels sourceImage, cNewWidth, cNewHeight,
pRects
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newImage = image(cNewWidth, cNewHeight, 32)
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newAlphaImage = image(cNewWidth, cNewHeight, 8)
repeat with i=1 to pRects.count
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pRects,
[#ink:#darkest])
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newImage.setAlpha(newAlphaImage)
textMember = new(#bitmap)
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http://www.lvivmedia.com/fontPr/Fontproblems3.jpg
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created on background image, and image to the right - with
code above
What is wrong in the code, I quoted above?
Any help will be appreciated
Jorg
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> I think this is what you'll have to do:
>
>
>
> Do the copypixels command as per your 2nd result example
(where "no
background
> image is used") using destImage.useAlpha = false.
>
> Create a new image as a blank alpha channel image (8
bit, #greyscale)
>
> Repeat the same copypixels commands for each number, but
this time the
source
> image is 'sourceAlphaImage', and the dest Image is this
new alpha image.
And
> the crucial part, use: [#ink:#darkest] for these
operations. This is
because
> you are merging greyscale images which represent the
alpha channels of
each
> letter. The darker parts are more opaque, and the
lighter parts are more
> transparent, so you always want to keep the darkest
pixels with each
copypixels
> command.
>
> hope this helps!
>
> - Ben
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already tried to help isolate the issue(s) as you've posted elsewhere, may be
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• OS X Maintenance And Troubleshooting
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http://www.stcdio.org/offices/cem/mediaandtechnology/cem-computer-classes/troubl eshooting.html
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and re-applying the last OS X update Combo file over the same one
already in the system; or if not up-to-date already, check & repair all
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A too-full hard disk drive can compromise the system integrity, so that
is a matter of course to keep up on what resources exist and remain
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