* Andrew McMillan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-04-22 22:09:05 +1200]: > Won't that mean that my hardware clock will have to be adjusted whenever > there is a daylight savings transition?
No. Running localtime will automatically correct for DST. The new US DST was compensated for quite some time before the change was in effect. I only had problems on some clients' unpatched winslop boxes. The Debian package that keeps track of this is tzdata - if it's kept updated, political changes of timezones will be compensated for. > > I have always set UTC=yes there, and it works just fine. It is a matter > of being consistent though. If it is possible for you to be consistent > then UTC=yes is probably better. Yep. I do this on all my straight *nix boxes - easier that way, and IMHO much more sane. > Of course if you are unlucky enough to have to reboot into some > operating system which doesn't support the idea of the hardware clock > being set to a standard time then no UTC for you! :-) I believe the OP was doing a dual boot with winslop, hence the extra gyration. Cheers, Dave. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
