On Mon, 2012-03-05 at 17:15 +1030, Tim wrote: > On Sun, 2012-03-04 at 15:57 -0600, Aaron Konstam wrote: > > Well your point is incorrect. Cups browsing did not work if UTC was > > not set. TThe clocks were set correctly. The hardware clock was > > operating on UTC time and the system clock was running on local time. > > You just don't get it, do you?! You've even said it above: > > Your hardware clock is running on UTC > > Therefore, you ***MUST*** set your clock configuration to say that UTC > is set. If you do not, then your time is set wrong. > > Correct setting of your time is dependent on the hardware clock, setting > the UTC/not-UTC flag, and setting the correct timezone. The combination > of them all allows the computer to work out what localtime is. > > Again, I repeat, it's not a CUPS fault that it doesn't like UTC set. > It's your fault that you're running your clock on UTC but saying that it > is not. > > The UTC/not-UTC setting is for the hardware clock, not the software > clock. > > If you run the hardware clock on UTC, then you set the UTC flag for UTC. > > If you run the hardware clock on local time, then set the UTC flag for > local time. > > CUPS will work either way. It doesn't care whether one clock is set to > UTC, or not. What it cares about is the correct time. > > But if you set your hardware clock on UTC, but say it's running > localtime; or, if you set your clock on localtime, but say it's running > on UTC; you ARE going to have problems, because doing so is just plain > wrong. > > *** THE UTC FLAG IS FOR THE HARDWARE CLOCK *** > ^^^^^^^^ > I've said this about three times, in three emails, what's so hard to > understand about it? > It is not hard and that is what I have been saying from the beginning. -- ======================================================================= Please go away. ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
