On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:43:48 +0000, Invisible wrote:

> TC wrote:
> 
>> I did try the Ubuntu Live CD and it did reset my computer's clock to
>> either daylight saving time or universal time - both -1:00, so I cannot
>> be sure which.
>> 
>> This is no real problem, though, merely a very minor annoyance. Still,
>> this should not be.
> 
> The Linux Way(tm) seems to be to set the system clock to UTC and compute
> local time from that depending on your timezone configuration. (Which,
> on a live CD, is probably not set right anyway.) The Windows Way(tm) is
> to set the system clock to local time...

This is true - the *nix way (in general) is that the HW clock is set to 
GMT and the OS calculates the offset.  That may be what TC is seeing.

Jim

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