[COLUG] Linux and UTC

[Chris Clonch]

On Sunday 29 July 2007 8:06, jep200404 wrote:
>    Most Unix-like systems, including Linux and Mac OS X, keep system time
> as UTC (Coordinated Universal Time).

Most (all) distributions allow you to have the hardware clock set to local or 
UTC, although UTC is the _preferred_ way unless you dual-boot with Windows.  
Given the multi-user and highly networked environment of Unix/Linux, it is 
better to have the clock set to UTC to coordinate time between multiple 
systems and then use the /etc/localtime to adjust the clock to the local 
time.

-Chris