[CentOS] system clock uses UTC selection on centos install

Fri Dec 2 17:25:11 UTC 2005
Johnny Hughes <mailing-lists at hughesjr.com>

On Fri, 2005-12-02 at 08:57 -0800, Robert wrote:
> hello
> 
> ya know, i have researched this several times over a coupla sdecades and my
> brains have fallen out again... ;->
> 
> so... all of you that are setting up mail and web servers in the USA or
> other countries, are you clicking and turning on the
> 
> system clock uses UTC
> 
> selection on a centos install??
> 
> the reason i ask is i research this about every 3 to 5 years and i never
> remember what i figured out or thought about it... apologies
> 
> what is the wisdom and usage on the list please?
> 
> soooooooo help an old man of 40 out please? ;-)
> 
> thanks and kind regards!
> 
>  - rh
> 
> 

Are you asking what:

system clock uses UTC means?

Or how to make the system clock use UTC?

UTC is GMT or Zulu time.  It is the zero time that all other timezones
are + or - from.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTC

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