[COLUG] Linux and UTC: Multi-boot Prefers UTC for HW Clock ... or not?

[Rob Funk]

jep200404 wrote:
> Chris Clonch wrote:
> > 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.
>
> I thought that multi-booting is good reason for preferring that
> the hardware clock be in UTC, so that when daylight savings time
> changes, that each OS doesn't redundantly advance/retard the
> hardware clock. On multi-boot systems, if one of those is
> MS Windows, I put MS Windows on UTC (Casablanca time?,
> because it doesn't have a summer time).
>
> What am I missing?

Most people like to have the clock in the corner of the screen showing 
local time.  If you put Windows on UTC, it doesn't show local time.

That said, I do the same thing you do on my own multi-boot machines, but 
then I don't actually use the Windows side for anything but testing.

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