[wplug] Daylight Saving Time

[Ivan Jager]

On 2003.03.14 12:22 Lance Tost wrote:
> NTP is very valuable (I use it on all servers at home and work)...
> however, it has nothing to do with timezones.

Except that if your clock is set to local time instead of UTC, it will allow 
your computer to see what time it really is and adjust the time apropriately.

If you want your computer to set itself for daylight savings time 
automatically, it needs to know what time it really is, so that it can tell 
what time is local time. So basically, if you have your clock set to "local 
time", and local time changes, you need to adjust your clock, but if you have 
it set to UTC, UTC stays the same when your local time changes, and the clock 
doesn't need adjusting. This is why you should set your clock to UTC if at 
all possible.

Ivan