On 11/15/18 4:54 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 11/16/18 7:37 AM, Rick Stevens wrote: >> On 11/15/18 3:00 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: >>> On 11/15/2018 03:17 PM, Rick Stevens wrote: >>>> In Linux >>>> case, it expects UTC. In Windows, it expects local time. >>> I haven't had to deal with this for years, but if memory serves, there's >>> a place where you can tell Linux that the hardware clock is in local >>> time, not UTC. >> Ah, yes, there is. You can select the mode when you install the system, >> but the "system-config-date" utility offers a tickbox. By default, it's >> ticked and that means "System clock uses UTC". >> >> I also haven't done it in a while. This machine is F28, but started >> life as F18 and has been continually updated since then. The same is >> true for my other personal systems (they're current F28 or F29 and >> started as F20 or earlier). For the last 25 years or so, 95% of the >> machines I set up or use are Unix-esque in flavor, so I pretty much >> always set up UTC on the hardware clock. Sort of second nature. > > Well, I'm just installing an F29 MATE VM and on the TIME&DATE screen there is no tick-box > to indicate that the HW clock is or isn't "local". > > Additionally, I could find no trace of "system-config-date" in F29. > > [root@meimei ~]# dnf whatprovides *bin/system-config-date > Fedora 29 - x86_64 - VirtualBox 2.8 kB/s | 6.9 kB 00:02 > Failed to synchronize cache for repo 'virtualbox', ignoring this repo. > Error: No Matches found And you're right. It appears mine is from....(holy kapok!) F24! I told you these machines have been updated from older versions. Ok, so you can wait until chronyd syncs, then delete the /etc/adjtime file and "sudo hwclock -w --utc" to set it to UTC (default unless the last line of /etc/adjtime is set to "LOCAL"). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer, AllDigital ricks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx - - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 226437340 Yahoo: origrps2 - - - - "Celibacy is not hereditary." - - -- Guy Goden - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
