Re: BIOS time fine, Linux/Debian's isn't! ...
Brad Rogers <brad@fineby.me.uk> writes:
> On Thu, 30 Jul 2020 07:19:12 -0400
> Albretch Mueller <lbrtchx@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello Albretch,
>
>> How do you make Linux get the time from the BIOS at start time and
>>take it from there?
>
> Linux *is* reading the RTC; The problem is that Windows expects that
> time to be in the local time zone, and sets it so, rather than to UTC,
> which Debian (and most Linuxes) expects. You have to tell Debian that is
> the case, and all should be well.
Since Windows 7 it's possible to tell Windows that RTC is UTC. IMO,
setting RTC to UTC time is the right thing to do, messing around with
Debian settings to accommodate Windows is not.
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