Re: [tlug] Ubuntu 13.10 clock problems (was: Ibus and Ubuntu based)

[Mattia Dongili <malattia@example.com>]

On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 09:17:30AM -0400, Scott Robbins wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 09:10:32PM +0900, Charles Muller wrote:
> > 
> > All 6 computers in my project being used by me and my assistants 
> > (various makes and models, desktops and laptops) are running 
> > Kubuntu/Windows7 dual-boot.
> > 
> > In every case, after upgrading from 13.04 to 13.10, a clock discrepancy 
> > problem has arisen between the two OS's:[1] Each time after I run 
> > Kubuntu, when I start Windows, the clock is set to 9 hours 
> > earlier--apparently UTC, even though the time indicator says it's Tokyo 
> > time, and so I have to reset it manually.
> 
> I would doublecheck /etc/default/rcS.  That usually sets the clock to UTC
> by default.  If that's the case, that might be the issue.

if it's any close to Debian's, the configuration you are looking for is
stored in /etc/default/hwclock. You would set
HWCLOCKPARS=--localtime
and just have the bios clock set to local instead of utc.

Else make winders use the hw clock as utc as others have suggested.

Regards,
-- 
mattia
:wq!