[Zope] ZopeTime wrong but Hardware Clock right.
Jason Spisak
jason@mtear.com
Mon, 20 Sep 1999 08:10:31 GMT
Bruce,
Actually I'm at PST. I'll try to see if it's running GMT or local time.
Thanks,
Jason
Bruce Elrick writes:
> Jason,
>
> You wouldn't happen to be at GMT-7 (MST or CDT)? On UNIX the hardware clock
> is set to GMT and the timezone is used to print the correct local time, with
> all times stored using GMT. Windows (98 at least, not sure about NT) sets the
> hardware clock to local time. Most Linux distributions allow you to choose to
> set the hardware clock to local standard time or GMT for the cases where you
> are dual booting.
>
> Zope correctly figures out the time zone and prints the adjusted local time
> (using the same system calls that other programs use).
>
> Hope that helps...
> Bruce
>
> Jason Spisak wrote:
> >
> > Zopesters,
> >
> > Why would the ZopeTime be 7 hrs slow compared to my hardware clock?
> >
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