DST, will Fedora change the time on the fly?

David dgboles at comcast.net
Sun Mar 8 19:10:16 UTC 2009


On 3/8/2009 12:34 PM, Tom Horsley wrote:
> On Sun, 08 Mar 2009 12:02:34 -0400
> David wrote:

>>> As long as you don't multi-boot Windows, of course :-). I've never found
>>> any combination of settings in Windows to make it not "fix" the system
>>> clock (even when I tried to run Windows in timezone GMT, it still
>>> decided it had to fiddle the system clock the first time I booted
>>> after a DST change).  
>> That is set on the timezone configuration page of the clock settings. A
>> check-box.

> I know. I've checked that checkbox and unchecked that checkbox, and waited
> 6 months for a new DST change, and it has screwed up every time :-).
> I have the ultimate solution now - I no longer multi-boot windows :-).


That works too.  :-)

Seriously though I have to use Windows from time to time for work
related stuff and that check-box, left unchecked, has worked for me.

-- 


  David




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