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Re: why time in XP is wrong?

From Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: why time in XP is wrong?
Date 2017-08-14 21:00 +0200
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Pascal Hambourg composed on 2017-08-14 20:09 (UTC+0200):

> Setting the hardware clock to local time with multiple systems is broken 
> if the time zone has daylight saving shifts. It cannot work, as each 
> system will apply the shift without knowing another already did it.

XP needn't be configured to adjust to time shifts. It's how all my few systems
that still include XP, none of which are ever used for email, are configured.
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why time in XP is wrong? Long Wind <longwind2@yahoo.com> - 2017-08-14 06:10 +0200
  Re: why time in XP is wrong? David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2017-08-14 07:10 +0200
  Re: why time in XP is wrong? arne <sp113438@telfort.nl> - 2017-08-14 07:20 +0200
    Re: why time in XP is wrong? Long Wind <longwind2@yahoo.com> - 2017-08-14 13:20 +0200
      Re: why time in XP is wrong? Erik Christiansen <dvalin@internode.on.net> - 2017-08-15 13:10 +0200
    Re: why time in XP is wrong? Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2017-08-14 20:10 +0200
      Re: why time in XP is wrong? Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2017-08-14 20:30 +0200
        Re: why time in XP is wrong? Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2017-08-14 20:50 +0200
          Re: why time in XP is wrong? Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2017-08-14 22:00 +0200
      Re: why time in XP is wrong? Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2017-08-14 21:00 +0200

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