On Tue, 18 Nov 2003, Javier Gostling wrote: > Actually, Windows assumes the hw clock to be set to local time, so if you > set Linux to UTC, then Linux will mess your time. I had this happen some > time ago, and instructing Linux that the hw clock is in local time solved > the issue.
I've never really understood why it is that Microsoft does not allow a UTC hardware clock. Because of daylight savings time, having the hardware clock set to localtime causes the actual hardware clock to be reset twice a year. This can result in flakiness with any process that happened to be waiting for a time to occur at that instant. My solution, which isn't particularly good, is to run any dual boot machines in UTC and tell windows that my timezone is Greenwich Mean Time, and set it to not adjust the clock for daylight savings. I would rather have to deal with times in GMT than have random intermittent flakiness. -- Craig West Ph: (416) 666-1645 | It's not a bug, [EMAIL PROTECTED] | It's a feature... -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
