Re: Dual-boot timezone annoyance

[Louis Bertrand <louis@signalpath.on.ca>]

Thanks to all who replied -- I haven't yet taken the plunge to learn how
to keep current and rebuild the kernel, so I will take Todd's eminently
sensible suggestion:
> Personally, I would just tell windoze to use GMT...

Thanks
 --Louis

Louis Bertrand, Bowmanville, ON, Canada
<louis@signalpath.on.ca>

OpenBSD: Security matters  <www.OpenBSD.org>

On Sat, 2 Jan 1999, Todd C. Miller wrote:

> In message <Pine.BSF.4.03.9901011430330.21258-100000@tronix.signalpath.on.ca>
> 	so spake Louis Bertrand (louis):
> 
> > I run Win95/OpenBSD dual boot and the OSes fight over the hardware
> > real-time clock: OpenBSD assumes it's GMT but Win95 says it's local time.
> > 
> > Is there any way of telling either OpenBSD or Winbloat that the hardware
> > RTC is set to the other OS's preference?
> 
> You can use the TIMEZONE and DST options to achieve this.  However,
> windoze will likely mess things up when daylight savings time comes.
> Personally, I would just tell windoze to use GMT...
> 
>  - todd
>