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time change



usually the way to solve this problem is to keep the system
clock in "local" time and set linux to know that the system is
in local, not utc, time.

-derek

"Kalyan Vaidyanathan" <kalyan_v at hotmail.com> writes:

> Hi,
>   I recently installed linux on my machine.  The machine has Windows
> ME and is set for a dual boot.  When I installed it, I didnt get the
> time right (GMT vs EDT etc.)  Hence, when I am in windows (say
> 8:00p.m) I show the right time, but when I switch to linux it shows
> the wrong time (say 4:00p.m.)  If I switch one, the other one becomes
> wrong.  How do I tell linux to have the right offset?
> 
> let me know,
> thx and regards,
> -kalyan
> 
> 
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