Re: How to switch my timezone configure
On Wed, Nov 29, 2006 at 02:11:38PM -0600, Owen Heisler wrote:
> On 11/29/06, Ken Irving <fnkci@uaf.edu> wrote:
> >On Wed, Nov 29, 2006 at 01:51:21PM -0600, Owen Heisler wrote:
> >> With the regular GUIs in Windows (XP), I don't think it is possible to
> >> use BIOS UTC time... but maybe (probably) there is some very well
> >> hidden, badly named registry key that magically makes Windows read UTC
> >> time from the BIOS. If someone knows what it is, I'd be interested.
> >
> >Someone else pointed this out, maybe in another thread, and after
> >some googling it appears to be RealTimeIsUniversal. Someone found this
> >registry string by using the strings utility on an XP (or something)
> >image, and it's not documented. <cynical>Typical</cynical>. This seems
> >to have been included pretty far back in the Windows bloodline, maybe
> >to accomodate AIX (an old MS *nix variant?) or something, but while it
> >apparently remains, it is not well or properly supported.
> >
> >This page discusses the issue:
> >
> > http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/mswish/ut-rtc.html
> >
> >Sounds promising, but it doesn't actually work.
>
> You tried it, eh? Or did I miss that on that page...
No, I eventually found a response from an MS developer who seemed to
have a plausible explanation of where it came from and how it works.
Apparently applications can choose to ignore it, and some/many do.
I couldn't find that post just now, but it's "out there".
--
Ken Irving, fnkci@uaf.edu
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