In the paragraph which talks about keeping the "system" time in either local timezone or in UTC should be mentioned *hardware* time. Look at /etc/init.d/clock: ... ebegin "Setting system clock to hardware clock ${TBLURB}" ...
Err, sorry for grouping unrelated topics together, but GMT means Greenwich Mean Time, not Greenwhich :-). That guide and its coding style needs review, IMHO. Volunteers?
...and "Gnu" should be "GNU".
Is this doc "live" yet? If so where's the URL?
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/guide-localization.xml I suppose?
(In reply to comment #0) > In the paragraph which talks about keeping the "system" time in either local timezone or in UTC should be mentioned *hardware* time. > > Look at /etc/init.d/clock: > ... > ebegin "Setting system clock to hardware clock ${TBLURB}" > ... Yeah, so that means the system clock is being set *from* the hardware clock, or am I missing your point entirely?
(In reply to comment #5) > Yeah, so that means the system clock is being set *from* the hardware clock, or > am I missing your point entirely? > Yep, you're correct. Guide currently says: "In most Gentoo Linux installations, your system clock is set to UTC (or GMT, Greenwich Mean Time) and then your timezone is taken into account to determine the actual, local time. If, for some reason, you need your system clock not to be in UTC, you will need to edit /etc/rc.conf and change the value of CLOCK." But "system clock" is a timestamp kept by kernel while "hardware clock" is time stored in RTC (chip on x86-based motherboards, not sure about other arches). During the boot process, some init script will call a program which will set kernel time to the time reported by the RTC.
Fixed in CVS. Thanks!
