Re: Removing "CMOS clock set to UTC" question

In reply to: Ed Maste : "Removing "CMOS clock set to UTC" question"
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From: Renato Botelho <garga_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2024 17:36:28 UTC

On 12/06/24 13:22, Ed Maste wrote:
> Our installer asks (via tzsetup):
> 
>> Is this machine's CMOS clock set to UTC?  If it is set to local time,
>> or you don't know, please choose NO here!
> 
> I've heard many reports of new users being confused by this question
> when installing FreeBSD for the first time. I don't think it provides
> much value; it is a minor convenience for dual-booting with Windows
> but imposes a cost on everyone installing FreeBSD. It is trivial to
> configure the system to use local time in the system's real-time clock
> by creating /etc/wall_cmos_clock. Other operating systems do not ask,
> they just default to local time (Windows) or UTC (everyone else).
> 
> I've proposed removing the question from bsdinstall in
> https://reviews.freebsd.org/D45569.

+1 for this removal

-- 
Renato Botelho