Ubuntu
casper package

  1. Bug #14241
  2. Comment #14

Comment 14 for bug 14241

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Matt Zimmerman (mdz) wrote :

(In reply to comment #12)
> Matt:
> You would unconditionally set the clock to a known incorrect (UTC) time rather
> than use a possibly correct (hardware clock) time?!

No. The system clock (which is always UTC) is set to the correct time based on
a network source, and the system time zone is assumed to be UTC.

> The core problem remains:
> When I get my new shiny Ubuntu desktop, the current local time is 12:41, yet the
> GNOME clock says 01:41.

That is impossible to "fix" without asking the user what time zone they are in.
 All live CDs share this problem.

Again, the place for discussion is ubuntu-devel.