Re: [Bug 1201978] dracut assumes BIOS time is UTC closed without fixing again

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On 27 April 2015 at 09:54, Ralf Corsepius <rc040203@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 04/27/2015 09:34 AM, Ian Malone wrote:
>>
>> On 27 April 2015 at 06:47, Chris Murphy <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Time in UTC is just as absurd and arbitrary as time in a local
>>> timezone, so if Windows is going to get berated for not dealing with
>>> UTC properly, then Fedora can be berated for not dealing with local
>>> time properly.
>>>
>>
>> Not really, as multiboot systems need to be able to handle DST and
>> timezone change.
>
>
> They have been able to do so for many years with one
> exception: Recent Fedora releases.
>

I have at least once had a multiboot system two hours out because two
OS both decided they should be updating the BIOS clock. Since when
running the system clock on UTC has seemed the rational thing to do.

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