[svlug] revised timezone info posted Feb 26

[Akkana Peck]

Joel Seidman writes:
> BTW, I have a question. My understanding is Linux can run two ways, one where it manages the PC
> clock as UTC, and one where it expects the PC clock to reflect the local time (as when it dual
> boots with Windows). Can someone tell me where this is controlled? Is it distro dependent? Or am I
> confused?

It's distro dependant. On Ubuntu Edgy (which is what I happen to
have handy at the moment), there's a variable UTC set in
/etc/default/rcS, which is used during the boot process by
/etc/init.d/hwclock.sh.

For other distros, try something like grep -r -w UTC /etc
and you'll probably pick up the scent.

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