Florin Andrei spake the following on 3/8/2007 12:04 PM: > One problem with the daylight savings is that they mess with reporting > tools that use timestamps. I guess an application could be configured to > log UTC instead of local time, but that's not always doable. > Also, if you have servers in several different timezones, it's better if > all systems follow the same clock. > > So, I'm thinking it's perhaps better if I just use ZONE="UTC" on all > systems. These are the steps I can think of so far: > > - make sure the BIOS clock is set to UTC > - run timeconfig and make sure "System Clock uses UTC" is checked > - cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/UTC /etc/localtime > - edit /etc/sysconfig/clock and set ZONE="UTC" > - reboot > > Voila - instant UTC clock. Never need to worry about daylight savings > again. > > Anybody can think of any problems with: > - the procedure I described? > - the simple fact of using the "true" UTC timezone? > System spikes caused by logrotation happening in the middle of the workday? Not a real problem, but the first one I could think of. -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!!