by Don_HH2K » Sat 02 Dec, 2006 7:24 pm
Edward wrote:I hope Windows (if I still use it by then) and Linux will have the correct time once this occurs. Or is this something that NTP takes care of automatically, in the case of Linux?
On Windows you'll need to grab whatever patch Microsoft comes out with, if they don't automatically distribute it over Windows Update. Linux has the option of saving the time in hardware as a GMT time with an offset in software, or you can also save the right time right into hardware, so I guess the method would depend on which you're using. I found
this article on Linux time settings if it's of any use to you.
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