On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 9:10 PM, gt <codered12@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 03:19:04AM +0200, Heiko Baums wrote: >> Am Fri, 29 Apr 2011 09:01:23 +0800 >> schrieb Oon-Ee Ng <ngoonee.talk@xxxxxxxxx>: >> >> > I was under the impression that windows versions from Windows XP >> > onwards had a registry key which enabled them to use UTC time. >> >> Well, I'm not using Windows anymore for many years. So I can be >> wrong, but I didn't know such a registry key, yet. >> >> Now I found one blog and one forum which point to such a registry key, >> but you still have to use a registry editor or tweaker on Windows. So >> it's not a common option in Windows, and I guess it's pretty unknown. >> I'd suggest to better assume that Windows users usual have their >> hardware clock set to localtime. > > Well, i sometimes use windows xp, though only for gaming. I didn't know > that windows xp could be set to use UTC, even through a registry entry. > > After reading through this thread, i found info on how to enable UTC on > windows. But there have been some bugs reported as well. So, if we > indeed need to discourage use of localtime in rc.conf, firstly there > should be a news entry about this. And if possible, post-installation, > there should be instructions on how to enable UTC on windows. a [brief] post-installation message seems a good compromise to me -- maybe even the registry file itself too -- but in the absence of both this is still a good change imo. setting the hardware clock to localtime is 100% broken and the links provided in the original announcement explain the ramifications clearly ... at least i thought there were links somewhere ... wtf, where did i see them? it was an arch-related mail because i read the link ... at any rate, a 5 second google search turned up: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuTime?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=WindowsTimeFixUTC.reg http://kb.norsetech.net/set-windows-clock-to-utc-time/ download. double-click. done :-) C Anthony
