[tz] [PATCH] Introduce Epoch offset and local time Epoch

Paul Eggert eggert at cs.ucla.edu
Wed Oct 26 08:28:41 UTC 2016


Guy Harris wrote:
> did we *really* have to log in as root and type the "date" command after a reboot if we wanted the system's clock to be sufficiently close to reality?)

Yes. How quickly we forget! But here's a confirming source, which says, "After 
booting unix, the current date and time (date (1)) must be set": 
http://www.tuhs.org/Archive/PDP-11/Distributions/dec/Jean_Huens_v7m/setup.txt


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