Ubuntu affecting Windows XP clock

[John]

Matt Zimmerman wrote:

>>What operating systems store their clock as UTC on Intel platforms? All 
>>the ones I'm aware of use localtime *for the very reason being discussed 
>>here*.
> 
> 
> The only concrete reason that has been discussed here is that Windows uses
> localtime.

It's also how hardware is delivered, so getting the clock set correctly 
does not require Internet access or manually changing.


> All Unix-like operating systems I have used on Intel platforms store UTC in
> the hardware clock.  Windows (and presumably OS/2) store local time, for
> historical reasons that go back at least as far as MS-DOS.
> 
> Theirs is not an example to follow.
> 

I think it is if you want to run on the same hardware. For better or 
worse, in IA32 Windows hehaviour is the standard.

I have run FreeBSD, but not recently. It was dual boot with Linux (maybe 
OS/2 too), and I don't recall any duelling over time.