On Friday 21 October 2016 14:09:38 Richard Owlett wrote: > I'm creating a preseed.cfg file for installing Debian 8.6 in a > dual-boot enviroment with some version of MS Windows. There are > two distinct use cases: > 1. Two of my machines with WinXP Pro SP3 > 2. A remote (~1000 miles]friend with several machines - some > with WinXP, others with > Windows 10 or later. > > I have discovered on my WinXP machine that: > 1. WinXP _displays_ the correct time. > "Date and Time Properties" - Time Zone set to > (GMT-06:00)Central Time(US&Canada) > Automatically adjust clock for daylight saving changes > 2. Debian 8.6 w MATE run from LIVE DVD _displays_ the correct > time > 3. Debian 8.6 w MATE installed from DVD 1 of 13 with aid of > custom preseed.cfg > _displays_ a time 5 hours earlier. > The _display_ is independent of whether > d-i clock-setup/utc boolean true > *OR* > d-i clock-setup/utc boolean false > is used in the preseed.cfg file. > > I'm confused.
Windows uses local time for the hardware clock, Linux uses UTC. The Live CD presumably uses its common sense when looking at the machine on which it is required to run. I don't know. I am not familiar with the Live CD. You are presumably at GMT-5, hence displaying 5 hours earlier on the assumption that your hardware clock is set to UTC. Lisi
