Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2944 mails)

[James Knott <james.knott@xxxxxxxxxx>]

dwain wrote:
> Jeffrey Taylor wrote:
>   
>> Quoting dwain <dwain.alford@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>   
>>     
>>> Could some one explain why there is a 5 hour difference between my
>>> system clock and the clock in opensuse?  Opensuse is running 5 hours
>>> behind.  I have the time zone set to Central.  I don't quite
>>> understand.  I downloaded the time zone patch today when I reinstalled
>>> the os.  I'm puzzled.
>>>     
>>>       
>> Your hardware clock is probably set to UTC (GMT).  If you are not dual booting
>> with Windows, this is a good thing to do.   It makes a number of things easier
>> when dealing with computers in several times zones, e.g., using rsync to keep
>> a shared file or directory in sync between your laptop and your desktop.
>>
>> HTH,
>>   Jeffrey
>>   
>>     
> So are you suggesting that I set the OS clock to the correct time and
> forget about what the hardware clock says? That's easy enough.
>
>   
No.  If you dual boot to Windows, you set the hardware clock to local
time.  You can do that in Yast.  If you don't dual boot, set it to UTC. 
Either way, you then select the appropriate time zone for your area.


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