[arch-general] UTC

[Tuxce]

On Mon, 18 Feb 2013 17:50:06 +0100
"Ralf Mardorf" <ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net> wrote:

> Hi :)
> 
> after a reboot there always is an offset of -3600 sec, when running
> ntpdate.
> 
> # timedatectl status | grep local
>     RTC in local TZ: yes
> Warning: The RTC is configured to maintain time in the local time
> zone. This
>             RTC in UTC, by calling 'timedatectl set-local-rtc 0'.
> 
> # timedatectl set-local-rtc 1
> Failed to issue method call: Input/output error
> 
> Sometimes I don't get an output when running "timedatectl
> set-local-rtc 1".
> 
> # cat /etc/adjtime
> LOCAL

That's why timedatectl command fails, LOCAL must be
on the line 3 :

$ cat /etc/adjtime 
0.0 0 0
0
LOCAL


> 
> # ls -l /etc/localtime
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 Feb 17 22:35 /etc/localtime ->
> /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Berlin
> 
> For my old Arch Linux install there wasn't this issue. I suspect I
> make a mistake, I'm missing something now.
> 
> I already asked at the German forums, but until now without success:
> https://bbs.archlinux.de/viewtopic.php?id=23477
> 
> FWIW I don't have a Windows installed, this machine is a *NIX
> multi-boot only. I'm aware about the drawbacks and advantages of
> both, the usage of UTC and local time and in 10 years I never
> experienced a drawback using local time. At the moment it's simply
> more comfortable for me, if I've got local time available for the
> BIOS. The reason for this should be unimportant for this thread.
> 
> Regards,
> Ralf