Comment 9 for bug 1524674

I added some debug output to /etc/init/hwclock.conf
While, according to dmesg, the kernel sets the system clock from the hardware clock:

$ sudo dmesg|grep "system clock"
[ 2.257135] mt-rtc mt-rtc: setting system clock to 2015-12-14 02:00:36 UTC (1450058436)

the system clock is already incorrect when hwclock.conf runs:

+ . /etc/default/rcS
+ UTC=yes
+ [ yes = yes ]
+ tz=--utc
+ [ = yes ]
+ echo XXXXXXXXXX Before
XXXXXXXXXX Before
+ date
Mon Dec 14 09:43:14 UTC 2015
+ hwclock
Mon Dec 14 02:00:41 2015 -0.881525 seconds
+ exec hwclock --systz --utc --noadjfile