[SOLVED] Wrong hardware clock time

[lilogrub]

I just installed Mageia 1 32-bit release on my netbook. Followed these steps:

1- Before installation, I checked BIOS clock time, it was fine: 8:00 AM (timezone Europe/Madrid).
2- At Mageia installation, selected Madrid timezone (UTC +2)
3- After installing, and before first Mageia boot, checked again, everything fine.
4- Finally, after system boot, system clock marks 2 plus hours: 10:00 AM !!

Obviously, when I set system time to 8:00 AM, every time I reboot the computer the BIOS clock gets 6:00 AM. No dual boot or windows partition, only Mageia in the whole disk.

I have no idea why is this happening, any ideas?

Thanks in advance.

[jkerr82508]

It seems that you want the hardware clock to be set to local time, rather than UTC, which linux systems use by default.

You can either edit /etc/sysconfig/clock and change UTC=true to UTC=false, or

MCC - System - Set date and time: Select "Change time zone" (even though it is already set correctly) after you choose your time zone and select OK, a pop-up will appear in which you'll be asked if your hardware clock is set to GMT (UTC).

Although, if you do not have Windows installed on your system, it's probably best to set the hardware clock to UTC.

Jim

[lilogrub]

Yup, it worked. Thank you for your help.