[Qemu-devel] time and date under QEMU

[Gilles SIMON <gilsim@wanadoo.fr>]

I don't think this is so important : I install computers with local time in 
BIOS, and all is OK... (especially for workstations).
In fact, the system has to know what time is in BIOS, and it can take care of 
problems.

Other things :
it is 11h33 CEST on my computer (UTC +2 at that date).

date -u tells 09h33, that's OK.
dos (without any config file) under qemu tells me it is 10h33,
Linux, Win3.1, Win98 and W2k all tell me it is 8h33.

Why theses  differences ?
Under 98 and 2k, changing timezone does'nt change displayed time...

Le Lundi 17 Mai 2004 10:42, Pavel Janík a écrit :
>    From: Gilles SIMON <gilsim@wanadoo.fr>
>    Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 09:44:11 +0200
>
>    > It could be a good idea to set default clock to localtime (with
>    > perhaps option for GMT ?).
>
> No. Clock should be in UTC/GMT. It is crazy to have local time in
> BIOS. Why?
>
> Imagine your system is powered off, and clock is running in it. You'll
> power it off when its clock contains time 02:30:00 in the day where clock
> is to be shifted from 02:00 to 03:00 (so no time like 02:30 exists that
> day). So what will be the time in your system? This is simpler case,
> because you can simply shift the time to 03:30:00.
>
> The same applies to e.g. 02:05 the day when clock is to be shifted from
> 03:00 back to 02:00. Is it the time before or after shift?

-- 
Gilles SIMON