a few questions

[Gregory Nowak]

Correct me if I'm wrong on this,
but having the clock set to gmt requires one to
dial in once a day into a time
server to keep it accurate.
I have 2 problems with this.
1. I'm using dial up. How
long does such a cordination take?
2. You need to write to somewone who administers a server close to you
to get permission to access it.
I consider that to be somewhat of a hastle.

Also, If I had my clock set to gmt,
it would tell me what time it is in Greenwhich England.
I'm not really interested in what the time is there,
I would much rather know what my local time is right now.
Greg


On Sat, Jun 30, 2001 at 10:33:14PM +1000, Geoff Shang wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Jun 2001, Gregory Nowak wrote:
> 
> > 2.  If Linux is the only OS on a box, and the hardware clock is set to
> > local time, will Linux automatically adjust it twice a year when
> > appropriate? Will this be done by default, or do I need to change
> > something in order to make it happen?
> 
> I believe it will, but I'm not 100% sure on that.  But if Linux is the only
> OS then there is no real point in not having the clock set to GMT.
> 
> Geoff.
> 
> 
> 
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