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List:       freebsd-hackers
Subject:    Re: FreeBSD/Solaris dual-boot, problems with time (ntpd)
From:       Matthew Seaman <m.seaman () infracaninophile ! co ! uk>
Date:       2014-07-12 13:11:57
Message-ID: 53C1341D.3000704 () infracaninophile ! co ! uk
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On 10/07/2014 05:07, Chad J. Milios wrote:
> Each OS has a way to let it know if that is or is not the case. In
> FreeBSD, if any file exists at /etc/wall_cmos_clock then the kernel
> treats the CMOS clock as the local time. If that file does not exist
> then the default is that the CMOS clock represents universal
> coordinated time (aka UTC). I don't use Solaris enough to tell you
> its equivalent procedure from memory but it has the same toggle in
> there somewhere.
> 
> (My knowledge of this is decades old. Can someone else confirm this
> is still the canonical way to set this preference in FreeBSD?)

Yes, this is still the case.  The /etc/wall_cmos_clock mechanism hasn't
changed in ages, although sometime around 9.0-RELEASE (I think) the
installer changed to assume CMOS Clock running in UTC rather than
wallclock time if you just accepted the default answers.

	Cheers,

	Matthew

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Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil.

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