Rick Stevens <rstevens@publichost.com> writes:
> This is weird. When I touch a file, the timestamp on the file is
> 7 hours ahead of the system time (I'm in the US/Pacific time zone,
> which is UTC -0700):
>
> [root@srv01 /root]# date
> Thu Jul 13 13:57:03 PDT 2000
> [root@srv01 /root]# touch fred
> [root@srv01 /root]# ls -l fred
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jul 13 20:57 fred
>
> Both the system and hardware clocks are set to the current local time
> and correct timezone (PDT).
doctor it hurts when i...
set clocks to UTC. local time is an offset computed by libc. this
will fix your problem; this is the only sane way to run your clocks.
btw in case of dual boot to an OS with a brain-damaged idea of time,
just let the other OS lose. it can't help losing. it avoids
dual-boot daylight savings time double clock movement fun.
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