Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 07:00:50 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-lists@be-well.ilk.org> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD/Solaris dual-boot, problems with time (ntpd) Message-ID: <44lhs1mqal.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> In-Reply-To: <53BE369F.5000604@freebsd.org> (Allan Jude's message of "Thu, 10 Jul 2014 02:45:51 -0400") References: <CAGfO01xQe9ZwxETpcXK58PW63y_c9nRSNk1S3kkVPLOBhhsE4Q@mail.gmail.com> <20140710110745.00aa6e92@X220.alogt.com> <53BE369F.5000604@freebsd.org>
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Allan Jude <allanjude@freebsd.org> writes: > On 2014-07-09 23:07, Erich Dollansky wrote: >> Hi, >> >> On Thu, 10 Jul 2014 12:09:48 +1000 >> Noel Hunt <noel.hunt@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I have a dual-boot machine, running ntpd in both OSes, but when >>> I switch from one OS to the other the time is wildly out. >>> >>> Can someone explain what is going on please? >>> >> could it be that the time difference is the time difference between >> your time zone and GMT? >> >> FreeBSD has the clock normally running on GMT. >> >> Did you check that you have set the time zones of both installations >> correctly. >> >> Erich > > On FreeBSD, run 'tzsetup' and select 'no' when asked 'is your CMOS clock > in UTC', this will leave your cmos clock in local time, which is what > other OSs expect. For values of "other OSs" that are limited to "Windows". Solaris normally expects the real-time clock to be in UTC. On some platforms it has a command (rtc) to adjust this to another zone (an arbitrary zone, not necessarily the system's default zone like FreeBSD supports).
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