On Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:39:31 +0100
Steve McIntyre <st...@einval.com> wrote:

[...]

> Storing local time in the hardware clock is utterly wrong for many
> reasons. The only reason Microsoft have continued to ship Windows
> configured this way is the usual backwards-compatibility problem. If
> you're running on a system without the limitations of DOS, there is no
> good reason to perpetuate the crap this way: store UTC and leave the
> clock alone.

But this a) would require tweaking Windows [1] in case of dual-boot;
b) show bogus time in BIOS setup screen.

1. http://superuser.com/a/185780/130459


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