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> Windows writes local time

I seem to recall there's a registry key to control that and have it store UTC to the RTC

edit: found that one https://superuser.com/questions/975717/does-windows-10-suppo...



I do this, If you have a unix install on the same host, It really helps keep a sane time config. there are ways to do it the other way around. sysctl kern.utc_offset on openbsd. But the unix way feels better to me, so I change windows.


> But the unix way feels better to me, so I change windows.

I'm with you as well. Sometimes you don't have a choice when dual-booting, MS-DOS only wants to work in local time while on the opposite end of the spectrum MacOS only wants to work in UTC, but if I have the choice I'm going to change Windows to use UTC.


Good to know, thanks!




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