On Lu, 13 dec 10, 13:20:41, John Hasler wrote: > I wrote: > > Are you sure it isn't just setting the user's TZ variable? IMHO the > > correct default for that should be null so that system time gets used. > > Andrei Popescu writes: > > I don't agree. The default should be the default time zone for the > > system (which is usually based on the country/area selected during > > install). > > If the user's TZ is null the system zone is what he will get. I think we only disagree on terminology ;) As far as I know "system time" is always UTC on a Linux system[1], which is then converted to local time as needed. [1] assuming it is accurate, of course Regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic
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