Universal vs local time

[David A. Bandel]

On 21 Aug 2003 22:18:38 -0400
burns <linux at burnsmacdonald.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 2003-08-21 at 20:55, Joel Hammer wrote:
> > How can I tell if my linux box is running with the clock set to
> > universal or local time?
> 
> 
> 'uname -a' gives you the system time. It's pretty obvious from that
> what time standard it is using (local or otherwise).

Huh??

The only think uname -a shows is the time the kernel was built based on
the system time of the system it was built on (which may not even be the
system it was running on).  If you can ascertain anything about the
hardware clock on the system from that, Sherlock, I'd like to know how.

Ciao,

David A. Bandel
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