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From: Iain Baird <iain@heist.demon.co.uk>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Real Time Clock must be GMT?
Date: 12 Apr 1996 04:05:54 +0100
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Axel Thimm (axl@zedat.fu-berlin.de) wrote:
: Hello,
: my PC is hosting both freebsd and DOS. DOS is using the Real Time Clock
: as the local time, while freebsd is adding a difference of two hours, as
: if it is assuming that the RT clock is running on GMT. Is there a way to
: tell freebsd to use the RT clock with any offset? (I hope this is no
: FAQ, if it is, please point me to the right FAQ, thanks and sorry)

Try this (as root):

	% touch /etc/wall_cmos_clock

The existence of this file tells FreeBSD that the CMOS clock
is set to local time.


iain