On Aug 19, 2006, at 6:59 PM, Steve Langasek wrote:
Using DHCP will only tell you what theDHCP admin's preferred timezone setting is, which won't necessarily match and also doesn't give you any idea whether the user wants the system's clockto be set in UTC or not.
The proposed RFC allows the dhcp administrator to tailor the response based on the MAC address of the client. Most won't, but it should be possible if you want to.
Rick