Comment 28 for bug 28961

For anyone that is CURRENTLY experiencing this bug, I know the temporary fix. cd to ./etc/defaults. Then using your favorite text editor, open rcS and change the line "utc=yes" to "utc=no". If you are doing a fresh install, I have found a way to easily force the debian-installer to ask you whether or not system time is UTC: Select your time zone as usual, but when your asked something about "Is this correct", answer NO! Then reselect your time zone settings. You should then be asked the missing question "Is system clock set to UTC?". Here, you would answer NO as well. Continue on as normal from there. I am going to assume that this installer trick will work with the LiveCD, but I haven't tried it out myself.

I discovered this trick while trying to solve this bug under x86 Ubuntu 5.10 Breezy under a bug which I filed. That but has since been merged with this one. I write this for all of those who didn't know this and are frustrated with having to wait for dapper to be released to get this fixed.

--Aaron