tzsetup disregards setting TZ to UTC

Matthew Seaman m.seaman at infracaninophile.co.uk
Mon Mar 28 20:15:13 UTC 2011


On 28/03/2011 12:08, Matthias Andree wrote:
> Perhaps the installer should instead:
> 
> display CMOS and system time, and ask which one of them is correct, and
> offer a third option to actually correct the timezone or time if neither
> is correct.
> 
> That's much easier to grasp.

... and a 4th option for when both are correct.  Happens quite a lot
round these parts in the winter.  However, there are very few people for
whom DST is the same as UTC.

	Cheers,

	Matthew

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