On Tue, Nov 28, 2006 at 11:57:14AM -0600, Martin McCormick wrote:
> I just talked with a Windows-XP user to get things
> straight, so here is what I found out. You can either set your
> Windows time to local wall-clock time or UTC. You can have it
> with or without Daylight Saving Time either way. Obviously, if
> you pick UTC, for your windows time, you must also select a world
> time zone. The concept is identical to setting up a *NIX system,
> but you have a nice pretty world map to help you. So, if you
> click the DST box and choose the right geographic location for
> you, you may use both Linux and Windows and the time will be
> right either way. Since Windows lets you choose UTC, that sounds
> like the way out of the dilemma.
The last time I checked on Windows, it expected to have the internal
(BIOS) clock in the computer set to local time. Admittedly, I can't
remember when I last checked, perhaps some time late last century. If
Windows people have recently improved their system to make it capable
of handling UTC, good for them. I think I am not alone in being unaware
of recent twists and turns in Windows.