Ubuntu question UTC vs. localtime.

[dsr at tao.merseine.nu]

On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 03:47:09PM -0400, Jerry Feldman wrote:
> The other problem is that apparently when he installed it he set the clock 
> the UTC, but he also dual boots Windows. I was wondering how I can instruct 
> him how to change that from UTL to localtime so he can maintain his 
> hardware clock at localtime. 
> 
> In SuSE, it is easy to set in /etc/sysconfig/clock which is read 
> by /etc/init.d/boot.clock. But, ubuntu and Debian are quite different.

/etc/default/rcS:
UTC=no

Running ntpd is probably a good idea, too.

-dsr-