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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: CMOS clock
Date: 27 Sep 1995 23:18:48 +0100
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James C. Hu <jxh@plethora.cs.wustl.edu> wrote:

>(1) I seem to recall when I was reading install procedures that it
>would be better to set my clock to UTC.  I can't seem to find the
>reference anymore.  Does such a reference exist, or did I hallucinate?
>Why would setting the clock to UTC be beneficial?

Because the kernel runs UTC internally.  Things are naturally easier
then, since no conversion is needed at all.

(All non-PC Unix machines have a CMOS clock running UTC for the very
same reason.)
-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)