Re: Removing "CMOS clock set to UTC" question

On Thu, 13 Jun 2024 at 09:50, Rodney W. Grimes
<freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> wrote:
>
> You could use this data to present a time based on CMOS with and without
> the TZ offset and derive the correct wall_cmos_clock value.
>
> Please try to make things better, not just less confusing.

Can you please explain how that is making this better?

First, on a brand new install the RTC may be off by several hours or
days, or may be correct but for a completely wrong timezone, perhaps
where the machine was manufactured. So then we'd have to fist pick a
timezone, then ask:

Is the current time
( ) 10:31
( ) 15:31
( ) Something else

If you pick "something else" we need to ask the user for the current
time, and then still need to ask them whether the RTC should be set to
UTC or local time.