> > -L used with -r to indicate the real time clock is in > > local time rather than GMT. This is useful on PCs that > > also run the Windows OS. > > > > I must be stuck in some sort of logic error, so please correct me where I'm > wrong: > > * the Plan 9 installer assumes EDT (UTC -4) > > * however I live in MST (UTC -7) > > * thus no matter what, when I set my timezone after the install, the time > goes _backward_ X number of hours (EDT is -4, MST is -7; so time goes
this is incorrect. time stays the same. you can verify with date -n. plan 9 keeps time in utc. in fact the timezone is just an environment variable. so two different programs on the same machine can be set to different timezones. your problem is with the rtc. it sounds like between your install and your reboot, the rtc was accidentally changed from utc to local time. this may be a bug in plan 9's installer, but i suspect it was something else you ran. - erik
