Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Winter clock change did not happen

[Willie Wong <wwong@Math.Princeton.EDU>]

On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 05:24:23PM +0000, Mick wrote:
> Thank you Graham for your very detailed reply!  I understand now why the 
> problem exists.  I have used the registry change suggested by Nuno on Win7 and 
> will see what gives next time DST changes.  I just hope that it'll work 
> without having *both* OS shifting the clock by one hour ...
> 
> The more I read this page[1] the more I am tempted to format MSWindows out of 
> this box whether the warranty is still valid or not!
> 
> [1] http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/mswish/ut-rtc.html

Or just cheat like I do. I set Windows to GMT with no daylight saving
offset, so it won't be tempted into playing with my system clock.
Gentoo thinks CLOCK="UTC". I don't boot into Windows often enough to
care about the clock being off by an hour during the summer (or
roughly 5 hours year-round when I move back to the States). Having
long accepted that Operating System is broken, when should I demand it
to keep the right time? ;)

Just my two pence

W

-- 
Willie W. Wong                                     wwong@math.princeton.edu
Data aequatione quotcunque fluentes quantitae involvente fluxiones invenire 
         et vice versa   ~~~  I. Newton