Kenneth Porter wrote: > --On Thursday, August 23, 2007 12:53 PM +0200 Mogens Kjaer <mk at crc.dk> > wrote: > >>> When to use UTC? >> >> Always :-) > > Hehe, I'd love to eliminate local time and I particularly hate daylight > saving time. This is irrelevant. If I set my BIOS clock to use UTC the date command will still show me the correct wall-clock time, including DST. If I dualboot with Windows, Windows will change the clock when DST changes, then time will be wrong in Linux, hence the need for the two possibilities. Mogens -- Mogens Kjaer, Carlsberg A/S, Computer Department Gamle Carlsberg Vej 10, DK-2500 Valby, Denmark Phone: +45 33 27 53 25, Fax: +45 33 27 47 08 Email: mk at crc.dk Homepage: http://www.crc.dk