Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 13:08:47 +0200 From: Matthias Andree <mandree@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: tzsetup disregards setting TZ to UTC Message-ID: <4D906C3F.8040404@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimuNmLysuGgnAtDa8Lfs-gwWJn0fzXC87v3PxWn@mail.gmail.com> References: <4C1C73E8-7FAC-4039-B627-C244BA205A9F@gsoft.com.au> <AANLkTina75LmxFNctQEMtRmpU3dQEKaHYEAKZ7v1BaK7@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTimuNmLysuGgnAtDa8Lfs-gwWJn0fzXC87v3PxWn@mail.gmail.com>
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Am 28.03.2011 07:53, schrieb Garrett Cooper: > On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 10:29 PM, Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> wrote: >> On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 12:19 AM, Daniel O'Connor <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> wrote: >>> Hi, >>> I am trying the new installer and I find that it still asks you for a time zone even if you answer Yes to using UTC. >> >> tzsetup(1) is not asking if you wish to use UTC, It is asking if your >> local CMOS clock is set to UTC time. There is a subtle difference. See >> adjkerntz(8) for more details. > > Perhaps the wording should be changed to say "Is your clock set to > local time?" instead? Perhaps the installer should instead: display CMOS and system time, and ask which one of them is correct, and offer a third option to actually correct the timezone or time if neither is correct. That's much easier to grasp.
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