Am 29.04.2011 02:43, schrieb Heiko Baums:
> Am Fri, 29 Apr 2011 02:33:57 +0200
> schrieb Tom Gundersen <t...@jklm.no>:
> 
>> * We now strongly discourage the use of HWCLOCK="localtime", as this
>> may lead to several known and unfixable bugs
> 
> This can lead to problems on multi boot systems on which Arch
> Linux is installed parallel to Windows. At least older Windows versions
> can't handle hardware clocks which are set to UTC.
> 
> So if there are issues with HWCLOCK="localtime" these should be fixed
> instead.

Frankly, I don't care. The problems with localtime are so numerous and
subtle, handling them all is a waste of time - and it gets worst when
you change your time zones often. Using UTC is the logical approach and
works without bugs.

Every recent operating system I know can handle UTC, even Windows Vista
(bugs before SP1, works with SP1 or later) and Windows 7, and Windows XP
is so old, it shouldn't be used anyway.

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