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From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
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Subject: Re: Incorrect kernel time on laptop boot
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On Thu, Jan 18, 2007 at 09:35:43AM +0100, Gilbert Cao wrote:
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> Hi the list,
> 
> I currently experienced a problem with my Sony Vaio VGN-FE31B laptop.
> Each time I boot, the kernel time seems to be set with the wrong date time.
> When I poweroff the machine, wait for some minutes and reboot again, the
> kernel time is set with a few seconds after the "wrong" time on shutdown.

If you're dual-booting with Windows, the cause is that Windows will
set the BIOS to wall-time, while FreeBSD sets the BIOS to UTC. One way
to fix this is to run tzsetup and set FreeBSD to run with wall-time.

Cheers.
-- 
Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
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