I find it just easier to set my hardware time to local time, and not try 
to mix between GMT and CST...
I haven't dual booted in quite a while, but most things seem happy just 
knowing local time on default. Perhaps I'll try once again, and see what 
happens when I build my new machine..

Chris Bier wrote:

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> date shows the software time, hwclock shows the hardware time.
> The hardware time is usually set to GMT, and software to the local
> timezone.  In Linux, the software clock is set from the hardware clock
> on boot.  If you dual boot, the other OS might be resetting the hardware
> clock to the local timezone.  You can see where this might cause 
> problems.
> ~  If you have both set to the local timezone, some programs might try to
> adjust themselves to GMT.
>
> Chris
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