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Re: Laptop clock is localtime, system time is off



Clive Menzies wrote:
> On (11/10/05 17:48), Chris Bannister wrote:
> 
>>On Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 01:13:27PM +0100, Clive Menzies wrote:
>>
>>>On (10/10/05 06:21), Nate Bargmann wrote:
>>>
>>>>* Clive Menzies <clive@clivemenzies.co.uk> [2005 Oct 10 05:13 -0500]:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>rerun base-config to reset
>>>>
>>>>Thanks for the tip, but base-config had nothing about the system time
>>>>in its menu, just users and passwords, hostname, configure apt, select
>>>>and install packages, exit and execute a shell.  I guess I'll keep
>>>>searching...
>>>
>>>Sorry, I assumed it would be in base-config .... my bad :(
>>>
>>>Look at man hwclock; I just had a quick look.  There is an
>>>option:
>>>--hctosys Set the System Time from the Hardware Clock.
>>
>>close :-)
>>
>>/etc/init.d# less hwclockfirst.sh
>>#!/bin/bash
>># hwclockfirst.sh Set system clock to hardware clock, according to the
>># UTC
>>#               setting in /etc/default/rcS (see also rcS(5)).
>>
>>[..]
>>
>># WARNING:      If your hardware clock is not in UTC/GMT, this script
>>#               must know the local time zone. This information is
>>
>>[..]
>>
>># REMEMBER TO EDIT hwclock.sh AS WELL!
> 
> 
> Thanks Chris
> 
> However, what the OP needed to do was 'not' set the system clock to the
> hardware clock; it seems to avoid time conflicts on multi-boot systems.
> During the install you're asked whether to set the system clock to the
> hardware clock.  If you answer 'yes' it seems to screw around with the
> time between Windows (or MacOSX) and Debian.
> 
> I was trying to suggest ways to reverse the 'yes' answer post install.
> If it's not in base-config, what's the easiest/most elegant  way to do
> this?

Edit the line in /etc/default/rcS:
# Set UTC=yes if your system clock is set to UTC (GMT), and UTC=no if not.
UTC=yes

I arrived at this conclusion by reading the comments at the top of
/etc/init.d/hwclock(first).sh.



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