[OpenIndiana-discuss] Daylight saving time - again

[Jean-Pierre André]

Jim Klimov wrote:
> On 2013-10-27 17:13, Jean-Pierre André wrote:
>> On a computer which boots on OpenIndiana and Windows, I have to
>> obey the Windows requirement for the hardware clock to be set on
>> local time.
>
> Are you ready for the correct answer? ;)
> For at least the past dozen years, maybe more, Windows does not
> actually require that. There is a semi-documented registry flag
> for it to keep the HWclock in UTC and convert to local time as
> needed. Quoting from a blog post I copied long ago (alas, got
> no origin reference):
>
> ---
> The registry tweak that will tell Windows to interpret the hardware
> clock as UTC time:
>
>
>
>
> Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
>
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\TimeZoneInformation]
> "RealTimeIsUniversal"=dword:00000001
>

Hmm, interesting. Thanks Jim

Jean-Pierre