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Re: hwclock



On Sun, Apr 22, 2007 at 10:09:05PM +1200, Andrew McMillan wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-04-12 at 21:03 +0200, Seaslug wrote:
> > 
> > Make sure you have 
> > 
> > UTC=no
> > 
> > in the file /etc/default/rcS
> 
> Hmmmm...
> 
> Won't that mean that my hardware clock will have to be adjusted whenever
> there is a daylight savings transition?
> 
> I have always set UTC=yes there, and it works just fine.  It is a matter
> of being consistent though.  If it is possible for you to be consistent
> then UTC=yes is probably better.
> 
> Of course if you are unlucky enough to have to reboot into some
> operating system which doesn't support the idea of the hardware clock
> being set to a standard time then no UTC for you! :-)

Configure Windows not to adjust the clock for daylight savings, and live
with UTC. That’s what I do anyway.

Simon
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