[mythtv-users] Slave backend time sync problem after DST change

Eric Sharkey eric at lisaneric.org
Mon Mar 31 14:13:20 UTC 2014


On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 12:25 AM, DaveD <mythtv at guiplot.com> wrote:
> Current time on the master backend differs by 3600 seconds from time on this
> system. Exiting
>
> The 3600 tells it all.  I'm pretty sure the system worked last summer and no
> problems then or when we went off DST, but this transition buggered things
> up.

Do you have your system to configured to store local time or UTC in
the hardware (BIOS) clock?

Unless you're dual booting with an operating system that requires a
localtime hardware clock, you should use a UTC time in hardware.  That
will minimize problems such as these.

Eric


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