Universal vs local time

[Joel Hammer]

Here is what I get with the various suggestions:
hammer11:~# uname -a
Linux hammer11 2.4.20 #1 Thu Jun 19 14:13:55 PDT 2003 i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux

hammer11:~# date
Thu Aug 21 22:25:02 EDT 2003

hammer11:~# date
Thu Aug 21 22:25:20 EDT 2003

hammer11:~# hwclock --show
Thu Aug 21 22:25:31 2003  -0.431234 seconds

hammer11:~# cat /etc/adjtime
-0.000528 1061518802 0.000000
1061518802
LOCAL

My bios is set to local time. When I change it to UTC, the system sets it
back to the local time either when starting up or shutting down.
So, unless I want to get involved in those scripts (which I don't) this  box
is staying on local time.

Well, got THAT question answered. Onward.

Joel