On Tue, Apr 01, 2003 at 08:25:39PM +0200, David Ulrich wrote: > > I put it on summertime and add a ntp server (ntp, ntp-simple and > ntpupdate). So the clock is always on time. > My debian is always on time now: > > dulrich# date > Tue Apr 1 20:14:04 CEST 2003 > > But I can fix my hardware clock on summertime: > > dulrich# hwclock --show > Tue Apr 1 19:15:32 2003 -0.984699 seconds > > I try: > hwclock --systohc, hwclock stop/start, hwclock force-reload > The hardware clock get the summertime: > > hwclock --systohc > daisy:/home/dulrich# hwclock --show > Tue Apr 1 20:15:21 2003 -0.454536 seconds > > but some minutes later: > dulrich# hwclock --show > Tue Apr 1 19:18:09 2003 -0.510788 seconds
IMHO, the best practice is to keep hw clock coordinated to UTC(Greenwich), and use the right timezone..that way you never need to worry about summer time shift 8) -- Boris
