Re: Laptop clock is localtime, system time is off

[Clive Menzies <clive@clivemenzies.co.uk>]

On (11/10/05 11:04), Antony Gelberg wrote:
> Clive Menzies wrote:
> > 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.

Thanks, another gap filled :)

Regards

Clive

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