Bug#558016: debian-installer: UTC question is unnecessary when using NTP

[Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>]

On Thursday 26 November 2009, Michael Gilbert wrote:
> would it be possible for the installer to automatically determine the
> correct UTC setting based on info retrieved from the NTP clock?

On Thursday 26 November 2009, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> I have always been wondering whether d-i couldn't try to automatically
> guess it: if the hardware clock is already within, say, 5 minutes of
> UTC, assume that it was supposed to be UTC; if the hardware clock is
> already close to local time, assume that it was supposed to be local
> time, and else assume that the clock is bogus, and ask the question
> since we can't guess.

Sure. Something like that could be done. Feel free to work it out, code it, 
test it, and submit the patch. Just make sure to allow for different use 
cases and exceptions.

Note that there is no support to read/set the system clock in the D-I 
environment [1]. That must be done in the target chroot (as the 
finish-install script already does).

Cheers,
FJP

[1] Which also explains why we don't do this during time zone selection.