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[Chris Adams]

Once upon a time, "Jóhann B. Guðmundsson" <johannbg at gmail.com> said:
> The one in the installer should simply be removed since experienced 
> users/administrators configure ntp after install or in their kickstart 
> file and firstboot takes care of the rest.

No, the installer _should_ allow you to set the clock (or offer to use
NTP if network is available).  Otherwise, if the clock is off, you end
up with a confusing system.  You _must_ set the timezone if the system
clock is not UTC (which is still the most common case and will be for
the forseeable future).

There are many timestamps used during install (config file modification
times, RPM database has package install times, etc.), and it is dumb
that the installer essentially treats these as random numbers.

At a minimum, the installer should at least _show_ what it thinks the
time is after setting the timezone.

-- 
Chris Adams <cmadams at hiwaay.net>
Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.