In article <slrndkgeel.irf.pjr@nntp.petitmorte.net>, PJR
<pjr@NOSPAMkookbusters.org> writes
>On Sat, 08 Oct 2005 20:52:52 +0100, steve <steve.f@spamukonline.co.uk>
>wrote in alt.os.linux.debian:

>> I'm new to debian and busy solving problems and setting things up how I
>> like them (thanx lots to newsgroups like this and the wonderfull forums)
>> My problem is I cant get the time to agree with my other o/s on the same
>> box both are set to the machine clock yet windows xp says the right
>> local time and sarge is one hour ahead, when I change sarge time it
>> alters the system clock and so windows clock is one hour behind!
>> I'm sure theres a simple solution...no I cant delete windows!
>> Thanx S

>On a *nix-only system, your system clock would normally be set to UTC,
>but Windows insists on setting the system clock to local time. The
>solution is to inform Debian that the system clock uses local time.
>One way of doing this is to run base-config as root and answer "no"
>when asked "Is the system clock set to UTC?".

Agreed - I saw that question during the install - and answered "no" and
the clock is OK.
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Chris