Fedora Clock Off When Running Dual Boot With OS X

[DasFox]

When I installed Fedora I unchecked UTC thinking running dual boot with another OS would solve the problem of keeping the correct time in Fedora.

But when I boot up OS X and then boot into Fedora the clock is off in Fedora.

What do I change to fix this?

THANKS

[scottro]

Hrrm, could OS X be running on UTC? Is the difference the difference between your local time and UTC?

[DasFox]

I have no idea to both questions...

[bg3075]

Originally Posted by scottro

Hrrm, could OS X be running on UTC? Is the difference the difference between your local time and UTC?

Scottro, that is exactly my problem... I am running a dual-boot of Fedora 10 and Windows XP. If I reset the system time on either OS, then the other will be off exactly the difference between my local time and UTC (-6 hours). How to adjust?

[Dies]

@ DasFox

OS X uses UTC by default, no way to change that as far as I know.

Fedora uses UTC by default, if you let it.

So you should have just left the default alone. Change it back.

@ bg3075

Windows uses localtime by default, you can change it but it's not supported.

So tell Fedora NOT to use UTC.

@ both of you guys

You may need to reboot between systems a couple of times, making sure the clock is accurate in each.

[bg3075]

Done ... boy, how confusing ... you have two completely different options for adjusting the time in Fedora, from the clock on the task pane, and from System > Administration > Date & Time menu.

Thanks

[scottro]

Or, of course, by editing the file /etc/adjtime.

In Unix (and we'll include Unix-like systems, such as Linux) there's always more than one way to do something, with the corollary that someone will think your way is wrong.