System Time

Mikkel L. Ellertson mikkel at infinity-ltd.com
Thu Feb 5 22:31:11 UTC 2009


Bruno Wolff III wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 05, 2009 at 15:18:04 -0600,
>   "Mikkel L. Ellertson" <mikkel at infinity-ltd.com> wrote:
>> It sounds like you have more then one problem. As for the difference
>> between the time in Windows and Linux, the problem is probably that
>> you have the hardware clock set to local time, but you told Linux
>> that it was set to UTC. Check /etc/sysconfig/clock and see what the
>> setting are. You should probably have UTC=false. While you are
>> there, make sure the time zone is set correctly.
> 
> Or you might live with using UTC in Windows so it doesn't mess things up
> at DST changes.
> 
There is a registry tweak for for XP so that you can have the
hardware clock set to UTC, and still have the time correctly
displayed for the time zone you have set. It is supposed to bother
some programs, but I have not run into any jet. (Then again, I don't
run XP that often.)

Mikkel
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