Thanks a lot for your replies, H.S. and Dave. On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:44:30 -0400, H.S. wrote:
> "To change the computer to use UTC after installation, edit the file > /etc/default/rcS, change the variable UTC to no. . . "Setting UTC to no to use UTC"? This is so confusing that I have to look for its definition (man 5 rcS) to find out why. But having done that, I'm more confused, by my Linux box this time: >From the man page: ,----- | The UTC is used to govern how the hardware real time clock is | interpreted when it is read (e.g., at boot time, for the purpose | of setting the system clock) and when it is written (e.g., at | shutdown). If this option is set to no then the system clock is | assumed to be set to local time. `----- Mine is UTC=yes: $ grep UTC /etc/default/rcS UTC=yes So it should imply that my hardware real time clock is set to UTC. However, $ date; hwclock --show Wed Jul 14 20:33:58 EDT 2010 Wed 14 Jul 2010 08:33:58 PM EDT -0.953730 seconds Seems to me my hardware clock is set to local time here instead. Any comment? Thanks -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/i1llm1$o0...@dough.gmane.org
