Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2024 12:22:32 -0400 From: Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org> To: FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Removing "CMOS clock set to UTC" question Message-ID: <CAPyFy2Bo8Mn=Y9g3ePwMN=YOivgTryGpHC4=qzi%2BnJX3c2h68A@mail.gmail.com>
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Our installer asks (via tzsetup): > Is this machine's CMOS clock set to UTC? If it is set to local time, > or you don't know, please choose NO here! I've heard many reports of new users being confused by this question when installing FreeBSD for the first time. I don't think it provides much value; it is a minor convenience for dual-booting with Windows but imposes a cost on everyone installing FreeBSD. It is trivial to configure the system to use local time in the system's real-time clock by creating /etc/wall_cmos_clock. Other operating systems do not ask, they just default to local time (Windows) or UTC (everyone else). I've proposed removing the question from bsdinstall in https://reviews.freebsd.org/D45569.
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