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From: John Hay <john@sanren.ac.za>
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2024 07:42:16 +0200
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Subject: Re: Removing "CMOS clock set to UTC" question
To: Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org>
Cc: Bertrand Petit <freebsd-hackers@phoe.frmug.org>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
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On Thu, 13 Jun 2024 at 01:42, Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org> wrote:

>
> This is not the point of the question though -- once we have a
> timezone selected and the answer to the UTC question the installer
> prompts for the user to set the time; it doesn't really matter what it
> was before.. Despite being exactly what the question asks, it isn't
> really important whether the CMOS clock is currently set to UTC or
> local time. What the installer needs to know is whether the user wants
> the real-time CMOS clock to contain UTC or local time.
>
>
What about tying it to the user's choice if the whole disk should be used
for FreeBSD? If it is the only OS, use UTC, else localtime.

If the option / question should stay, it could be made clearer and made to
not sound like it is final and could not be changed later.

John

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">=
<div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Thu, 13 Jun 2024 at 01:42, Ed Mast=
e &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:emaste@freebsd.org">emaste@freebsd.org</a>&gt; wrot=
e:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0=
.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
This is not the point of the question though -- once we have a<br>
timezone selected and the answer to the UTC question the installer<br>
prompts for the user to set the time; it doesn&#39;t really matter what it<=
br>
was before.. Despite being exactly what the question asks, it isn&#39;t<br>
really important whether the CMOS clock is currently set to UTC or<br>
local time. What the installer needs to know is whether the user wants<br>
the real-time CMOS clock to contain UTC or local time.<br>
<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>What about tying it to the user&#39;s =
choice if the whole disk should be used for FreeBSD? If it is the only OS, =
use UTC, else localtime.</div><div><br></div><div>If the option / question =
should stay, it could be made clearer and made to not sound like it is fina=
l and could not be changed later.</div><div><br></div><div>John</div><div>=
=C2=A0<br></div></div></div>

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