Re: Removing "CMOS clock set to UTC" question

On Thu, 13 Jun 2024 at 01:42, Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org> wrote:

>
> This is not the point of the question though -- once we have a
> timezone selected and the answer to the UTC question the installer
> prompts for the user to set the time; it doesn't really matter what it
> was before.. Despite being exactly what the question asks, it isn't
> really important whether the CMOS clock is currently set to UTC or
> local time. What the installer needs to know is whether the user wants
> the real-time CMOS clock to contain UTC or local time.
>
>
What about tying it to the user's choice if the whole disk should be used
for FreeBSD? If it is the only OS, use UTC, else localtime.

If the option / question should stay, it could be made clearer and made to
not sound like it is final and could not be changed later.

John