[haiku-bugs] Re: [Haiku] #6743: Time zone preview inaccurate
- From: "leavengood" <trac@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2011 16:18:47 -0000
#6743: Time zone preview inaccurate
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Reporter: Disreali | Owner: leavengood
Type: bug | Status: closed
Priority: normal | Milestone: R1
Component: Preferences/Time & Date | Version: R1/Development
Resolution: fixed | Keywords:
Blocked By: | Blocking:
Has a Patch: 0 | Platform: All
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Comment (by leavengood):
I suspect other systems don't have this time preview, or don't really
allow for setting local time versus GMT time for the BIOS clock. The only
reason we have this setting is to deal with multi boot systems where the
other system could be Windows (which uses local time) or Linux (and most
other systems) which use GMT time. Supposedly GMT time is better and there
is even a website for complaining about how Windows is broken for using
local time (which I can't find right now.) Part of the problem is using
local time makes dealing with daylight saving harder, since the hardware
clock has to be changed instead of just changing the time zone offset.
Anyhow back to the topic of this ticket: we've established that when using
local time the preview is useless, yet the user still does need to choose
a time zone, so hiding the preview is the best solution. I'm open to a
better solution if it exists.
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Ticket URL: <http://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/6743#comment:9>
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