Inquiring Minds

[Bill Kendrick]

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?   

I noticed that my machine at work wasn't set right (it was an hour ahead).
I chalked it up to the fact that it wasn't turned on when the time changed,
cuz some random cow-orker shut the machine down some time last week while
I was out.  (And ungracefully, at that!)

A quick run of "ntpdate" got things straight.


-bill!