Re: system time - thank you
On Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 01:14:16PM +0200, daniele pendenza wrote:
> Just to make it clear to everyone interested - also in the future :
>
> 1 - 'hwclock --show' : reads by its own the content of '/etc/adjtime'
> (if this file does not exist the dafault(*) is localtime) to understand
> if the RTC is in UTC or LOCALTIME than it shows, after a conversion if
^^^^
Is that meant to be then?
> necessary, the time in localtime.
>
> 2 - ' hwclock --show --utc' : _I_ explicitly_ say - no matter if this is
> the truth or not - to hwclock that the RTC is in UTC, than it shows t
^^^^
Is that meant to be then?
he
> time got from the hardware, after a conversion.
>
> 3 - 'hwclock --show --localtime' : _I explicitly_ say - no matter if
> this is the truth or not - to hwclock that the RTC is in LOCALTIME,
> than it shows the time got from the hardware,without a conversion.
^^^^
Is that meant to be then?
Sorry to be picky, but it all seems rather confusing.
--
Chris.
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