Re: Removing "CMOS clock set to UTC" question
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Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2024 21:13:37 UTC
It is sad to see an option removed because "it confuse users". I agree it is broken so we need to fix it: we should make the option's effect obvious so that anyone can understand it. I porpose that in place of asking for a UTC or local selection we query "what time is it?" instead. Two choices would be presented as (live) timestamps, each simultaneously showing the effect of UTC/local time CMOS setting would have later on the host's wall clock. The task of the user is to select the option matching any external reference he sees fit. -- %!PS -- Bertrand Petit /D{def}def/E{exch}D/G{get}D/I{2 div}D/U{dup}D/L{roll}D/Y{setgray}D/N{newpath}D /O{N 0 0 moveto}D/P{pop}D/T{translate}D currentpagedevice/PageSize G U 0 G/w E D 1 G /h E D w I h I T 0 Y 1 setlinewidth 0 1 2 { P 120 rotate 2 4 w U mul h U mul add sqrt I 50 add {N 50 0 3 2 L 0 360 arc stroke}for}for/s{O true charpath pathbbox exch 4 -1 L E sub I 3 1 L sub I} D /l(bp)D 0.94 Y /Helvetica findfont 22 scalefont setfont l s P(x)s exch P T O l show showpage