Re: System time/timezone, was Re: Maximum size .bash_aliases file

[David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk>]

On Sat 22 Jun 2024 at 12:31:41 (-0400), Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 22, 2024 at 09:52:39 -0500, David Wright wrote:
> > On Fri 21 Jun 2024 at 07:15:32 (-0400), Greg Wooledge wrote:
> > > > If I boot up two computers
> > > > and they display different times, what term is appropriate in your
> > > > opinion to describe the time displayed?
> > > 
> > > They're out of sync.  Or, at least one of them is.
> > 
> > No, the kernel clocks are all in sync.
> 
> Then you were unclear.  You said "they display different times".  That
> means one of them is wrong.  The other one may be right, or they may
> both be wrong.

None of them is wrong. They're both showing the time appropriate for
the nationality of the passengers who are going to be directed to them.

> > > Or did you mean "the same time, but in two different time zones"?  If
> 
> The following are the same time, but in two different time zones:
> 
> 12:00:00 -0500
> 13:00:00 -0400
> 
> The following are different times:
> 
> 12:00:00 -0500
> 12:26:00 -0500
> 
> > Yes, they're set as desired.
> 
> So you meant "the same time, but in different time zones".  You should
> have said that.

That's how you and I see them, but a passenger from Bahrain, say,
sees things differently. They just want to be directed to a system
on Bahraini time, just like ones at home.

That expression caused consternation in some.

> Pick any damned word you want, then.  I'm done caring.

Yes, I picked "system", as in Operating System, and not Kernel.

Cheers,
David.