steve <steve.f@spamukonline.co.uk> writes:

>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!

You do not tell us which timezone you are in. Are you in the UK? Are you in
Malta? Are you in Gibraltar? ....

Windows DEMANDS that the machine be set to local time. Linux would rather
it be set to UTC, and it will take care of all daylight savings, etc
changes, but if you really want to take care of them yourself, then you can
set it to localtime

Not sure how Debian does it, but at present you have told Linux your clock
is on UTC. Thus it adds an hour for daylight time.


>Thanx S