Phil Thompson wrote:
Options that come to mind include deselecting daylight saving (if its an option) or picking a time zone that doesn't do DST but I guess there's a tweak there somewhere.
My preference is to tell Windows to set the system clock to UTC. A Google gave me this: http://weblogs.asp.net/dfindley/archive/2006/06/20/Set-hardware-clock-to-UTC-on-Windows-_2800_or-how-to-make-the-clock-work-on-a-Mac-Book-Pro_2900_.aspx
The problem with having two (or more) O/S using local time is that they both want to "correct" the clock when summer time starts/ends, which gives you two (or more) corrections when only one was needed.
The "best" way is to have the system clock in UTC and adjust the value at display time. It also means that if your PC (eg a laptop on holiday) travels through multiple timezones the date/time shown for things remains consistent (eg file times, log entries, etc).
The Linux "default" is generally to set the clock to UTC and adjust at display. Having Linux change its default would just lead to multiple corrections; the Windows way only works on a PC that does not expect to have multiple O/S installed, or multiple users (eg network users) on multiple timezones, or to move around between timezones, or ...
To be fair to Windows its default is probably easiest for most single user desktops, which is its heritage, and it can be told to behave differently.
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