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Bug#380105: Show current hour in hardware clock question



On Thu, Jul 27, 2006 at 12:52:17PM -0300, Gleidson Echeli Leopoldo wrote:
> [ wishlist bugreport opened ]
> 
> After Time-Zone option, it would be interesting to show the current hour
> where is ask for if the hardware clock is as UTC or not.

That information has no value ( it is noise )

The question 'Is the system clock set to UTC?' is about
what is _wanted_ during the use of the computer.

I think that
--- packages/clock-setup/debian/clock-setup.templates   (revision 40174)
+++ packages/clock-setup/debian/clock-setup.templates   (working copy)
@@ -9,8 +9,10 @@
 _Description: Is the system clock set to UTC?
  System clocks are generally set to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
  The operating system uses your time zone to convert system time into
- local time. This is recommended unless you also use another operating
- system that expects the clock to be set to local time.
+ local time. This is recommended and default.
+ .
+ If this computer also runs another operating system that expects
+ the hardware clock to be set to local time, then change the default.

 Template: clock-setup/progress/title
 Type: text
is an improvement.


Cheers
Geert Stappers

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