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Re: A whacky DATE bug in Linux - Problem gets crazier!

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From: Paul Taylor
Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1998 00:00

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Dave Blake wrote:
> RTFM.
> 
> From the man page on date
> ---------------
>  -u, --universal
> 
> Print or set the time and date in Coordinated  Universal
> Time (also known as Greenwich Mean Time) instead of in
> local (wall clock) time.
> ------------
> 
> From the man page on hwclock
> -------------
>  --utc
> 
> Indicates that the Hardware Clock is kept  in  Universal
> Coordinated Time.  It is your choice whether to keep your
> clock in UTC or local time, but  nothing  in  the  clock
> tells which you've chosen.  So this option is how you  give
> that information  to hwclock.

Doh! 

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