On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 05:27:56PM +0400, Konstantin Khomoutov wrote: >On Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:39:31 +0100 >Steve McIntyre <st...@einval.com> wrote: > >[...] > >> Storing local time in the hardware clock is utterly wrong for many >> reasons. The only reason Microsoft have continued to ship Windows >> configured this way is the usual backwards-compatibility problem. If >> you're running on a system without the limitations of DOS, there is no >> good reason to perpetuate the crap this way: store UTC and leave the >> clock alone. > >But this a) would require tweaking Windows [1] in case of dual-boot;
So apply the registry fix if you care about a system with the limitations of DOS. >b) show bogus time in BIOS setup screen. Really, who cares what time the BIOS says? -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com "C++ ate my sanity" -- Jon Rabone -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130619133206.ga27...@einval.com
