Re: why time in XP is wrong?

[arne <sp113438@telfort.nl>]

On Mon, 14 Aug 2017 04:03:30 +0000 (UTC)
Long Wind <longwind2@yahoo.com> wrote:

> my Debian share disk with XPit never cause wrong time problem in XP
> beforebut new Debian cause it in new Debian i choose correct
> timezone, time/date is OKbut time is wrong in XP maybe Debian thinks
> that bios is set universal time ??how to fix it?? Thanks!!
> 

While Debian prefer to keep the hardware clock in UTC (this prevents
the need to change it on daylight savings and timezone changes) other
systems (like Windows) by default keeps the hardware clock synchronized
to local time. To keep the hardware clock sane and the time correctly
displayed by multiple systems they need to agree on which timezone the
hardware clock is kept at.

In Debian the timezone for the hardware clock is configured in the
file /etc/adjtime;

    0.000000 14602224559 0.000000
    1460224559
    UTC

Edit /etc/adjtime, and change "UTC" to "LOCAL" if you want the hardware
clock to be kept at local time instead of UTC.