Messages in this thread | | | From | Russell King <> | Date | Tue, 19 Dec 2000 22:25:24 +0000 (GMT) |
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Oliver Xymoron writes: > On Mon, 18 Dec 2000, Russell King wrote: > > So, why don't we update the hours and be done with it? We would have to > > play the same game with the days of the month vs hours. Also, we don't > > know if the CMOS clock is programmed for UTC time or not (the kernel's > > idea of time is UTC. Your CMOS may be programmed for EST for instance). > > Sounds like its still broken then - there are time zones which are not > even multiples of 60 minutes.
Correct; please examine the code and you will find the answer to this. Specifically, look at the lines around the following comment:
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