Its the "magic" of microsoft. Meaning I don't know and its probably undocumented... however I do have a suggestion.
Try setting windows to use the GMT timezone in which case the clock won't be off, and even if it does manage to change the time, it will be accurate when you boot back to linux. Remember, its not a bug, its a feature :) Sascha On Thu, 2002-11-21 at 10:36, Tim Wright wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Thu, 21 Nov 2002, C Falconer wrote: > > > Linux likes to keep GMT time in the system clock, whereas windows stores > > localtime - thats the source of your problem. > > yes. and this is something that has always confused me. I store GMT in my > system clock, which means that the time in windows is out by 12 hours or > so. this doesn't bother me...i don't run any date specific apps under Win. > However, now and then Windows manages to figure out that the time is off > by 12 hours or so and changes the clock, which means Linux suddenly jumps > to be out by 12 hours or so. This does bother me, because I run lots of > date-specific apps under Linux. > > here's my delimma: I never connect to the Internet under Windows. How does > windows know the right time to change the clock? > > tim > http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/~tnw13 > > Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur. > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: PGPfreeware 5.0i for non-commercial use > Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.75-6 > Charset: noconv > > iQA/AwUBPdwAcgccL5A6x/wfEQKxNQCg2jjmETavr4ZGFt7sMO4gc3EaC1YAnRPm > 2U6/mAcEa/pbxlEJgEoTqs+O > =sgbj > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Sascha Beaumont <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
