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On Mon, Apr 06, 2015 at 06:13:41PM -0400, Fernando Rodriguez wrote: |
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> > ...into my /etc/hibernate/hibernate.conf. This copies over the BIOS |
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> > time to the kernel system date. It works, but I'd really like to know |
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> > why it's necessary in the first place. |
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> There's an option CONFIG_RTC_HCTOSYS on the kernel to do it automatically. I |
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> think it uses utc so if you use localtime it may mess it up. This also came up |
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> recently on this list but I can't remember what the problem was so you may |
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> want to look there. |
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Don't store hwclock in localtime. It is a hack and you are asking for trouble. |
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Just store it in UTC. That way the worst mishap is that it gets 1 second to |
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a wrong direction if you happen to hit a leap second. With localtime you will |
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always have a change for worse 2 times a year when summer time kicks in. |
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-Matti |
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