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From: Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Winter clock change did not happen
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2010 06:38:09 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <201011010638.20532.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20101031222458.GA10718@math.princeton.edu>

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On Sunday 31 October 2010 22:24:58 Willie Wong wrote:
> 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

I like it!  Stop the bloody thing messing about with the clock altogether and 
leave Gentoo to manage it safely.

-- 
Regards,
Mick

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  reply	other threads:[~2010-11-01  6:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-10-31  9:24 [gentoo-user] Winter clock change did not happen Mick
2010-10-31  9:34 ` Alan McKinnon
2010-10-31 10:05   ` Peter Humphrey
2010-10-31 11:32     ` Mick
2010-10-31 12:01       ` Peter Humphrey
2010-10-31 12:56       ` Stéphane Guedon
2010-10-31 13:29       ` [gentoo-user] " Nuno J. Silva
2010-10-31 13:43         ` Mick
2010-10-31 16:02           ` Nuno J. Silva
2010-10-31 16:21             ` Mick
     [not found]               ` <87wroymh0b.fsf@newton.gmurray.org.uk>
2010-10-31 17:24                 ` Mick
2010-10-31 20:08                   ` Kevin O'Gorman
2010-10-31 22:24                   ` Willie Wong
2010-11-01  6:38                     ` Mick [this message]
2010-11-01 13:22                     ` Grant Edwards
2010-10-31 16:18           ` Nuno J. Silva
2010-10-31 17:09             ` Mick
2010-10-31 22:08     ` [gentoo-user] " Alan McKinnon
2010-10-31 13:27 ` [gentoo-user] " Nuno J. Silva
2010-10-31 13:50   ` Mick
2010-10-31 16:12   ` Nuno J. Silva
2010-10-31 16:35 ` [gentoo-user] " Jacob Todd
2010-10-31 17:55   ` Stéphane Guedon

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