Re: system clock is too slow

From: Matthew Saltzman (mjs_at_ces.clemson.edu)
Date: 07/28/04

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    On Wed, 28 Jul 2004, Chris Adams wrote:

    > Once upon a time, Mikael Abrahamsson <swmike@swm.pp.se> said:
    > > The problems might occur when the system crashes after a DST change and
    > > the clock hasn't been saved to the hardware clock.
    >
    > That's why you should always set the hardware to UTC. Local time (and
    > DST) is then just an OS setting.
    >
    > This doesn't really work well if you dual boot Windows though, because
    > it doesn't understand that (you just have to set your time zone to UTC
    > and do the offset yourself when you need local time).

    Or wear a watch 8^).

    One subtlety I just discovered is that in Windows, *every user* gets to
    decide if they are going to adjust for DST or not. I had administrator
    set right, and I couldn't figure out for ages why I still kept gaining an
    hour across Windows boots. I also just discovered that WinXP can run an
    NTP service. Just double-click on the clock and choose the "Internet
    Time" tab. 

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		Matthew Saltzman
Clemson University Math Sciences
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