Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Winter clock change did not happen

[Mick]

On Sunday 31 October 2010 22:24:58 Willie Wong wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 05:24:23PM +0000, Mick wrote:
> > Thank you Graham for your very detailed reply!  I understand now why the
> > problem exists.  I have used the registry change suggested by Nuno on
> > Win7 and will see what gives next time DST changes.  I just hope that
> > it'll work without having *both* OS shifting the clock by one hour ...
> >
> > The more I read this page[1] the more I am tempted to format MSWindows
> > out of this box whether the warranty is still valid or not!
> >
> > [1] http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/mswish/ut-rtc.html
>
> Or just cheat like I do. I set Windows to GMT with no daylight saving
> offset, so it won't be tempted into playing with my system clock.
> Gentoo thinks CLOCK="UTC". I don't boot into Windows often enough to
> care about the clock being off by an hour during the summer (or
> roughly 5 hours year-round when I move back to the States). Having
> long accepted that Operating System is broken, when should I demand it
> to keep the right time? ;)
>
> Just my two pence

I like it!  Stop the bloody thing messing about with the clock altogether and 
leave Gentoo to manage it safely.

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Regards,
Mick