time stupidity

[Todd Denniston]

g wrote, On 08/25/2008 03:31 PM:
> 
> 
> Todd Denniston wrote:
> <snip>
>> If the machine is always running Unix/Linux, then UTC is usually better. If 
>> you are also running MSWIN then you either need to use LOCAL or find the tweak 
>> someone posted ~1 week ago, that you can do to windows so it treats the 
>> hardware clock as UTC.
> 
> what is there to tweak if you just tell msbsos that time zone
> is london, england?
> 
> time + 0 is time + 0.
> 

OK, you made me look :)
Mikkel Ellertson told us:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2008-August/msg00562.html
points to:
http://miknight.blogspot.com/2006/06/storing-system-time-in-utc-in-windows.html

-- 
Todd Denniston
Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane)
Harnessing the Power of Technology for the Warfighter