Inquiring Minds

augie schwer at sonic.net
Mon Nov 4 21:52:42 PST 2002


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On Mon, Nov 04, 2002 at 09:13:32PM -0800, Sue Bennett wrote:
> I am puzzled.  I have my machine set up as a dual bootable 
> machine with Windows and Linux.  Why did I have to boot up under 
> Windows in order for Linux to realize that daylight savings time 
> had ended?  The only thing I can think of is that since the 
> machine was initially set up under Windows, and therefore 
> Windows has the lower disk space that the system (hardware) 
> clock is controlled by Windows.  If Linux had been the initial 
> OS would Linux then control the system clock?   

well i don't dual boot, but i do set the hw clock to GMT, and inform
Linux that this is the case, and i never have a problem with daylight
savings time.

 -augie


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