Re: [tlug] Erratic Rsync Behavior: Coping with Multi-Booting Effects on Time-keeping

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@example.com>]

Charles Muller writes:

 > Then I booted into Linux. For the first minute or so (until the 
 > first run of NTP kicked in) the system clock was reading nine hours 
 > ahead (i.e., instead of 4-30-17:00, it read 5-1-2:00). Then NTP 
 > reset the time and the desktop time display was correct.

This means that regardless of what you think you're seeing in the rc
files, Linux is configured to manage the system clock in UTC.

 > I then opened up Windows XP, and looked at the same file. The time 
 > stamp shown was 9 hours *earlier* than local time (i.e. 4-30-8:00 
 > am).

That is consistent with a time stamp in UTC being translated to local
time by Linux, but not by Windows.  (Think about it.)

 > So I am guessing that there is some kind of glitch in my present 
 > installation of Debian wherein one part of the system is acting as 
 > if it is set up for UTC and another part is acting as if it is set 
 > up as Local.

I would guess that NTP is somehow configured to set the clock to UTC.