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Rich <rich@example.invalid> wrote:
>That's what is meant by "everything just works".  The clocks do not get
>reprogrammed at all, but the visible time to you is the correct time
>you expect, even with no sync. to any external network time source.

Wrong.  The hardware clock is not changed, but the system clock is.

If the hardware clock is set to local time they both get changed.

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Floyd L. Davidson                         http://www.apaflo.com/
Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska)                      floyd@apaflo.com