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Downsides of using UTC time by setting RealTimeIsUniversal
Hi, I have a dual-boot machine where I use both Windows 11 and Linux. To fix a minor annoyance with the hardware RTC clock always being set to the wrong time zone whenever I switch to the other OS,...
Setting RealTimeIsUniversal to 1 tells Windows that the hardware clock is set to UTC, aligning it with Linux's expectations.
When this is enabled, Windows will interpret the hardware clock as UTC rather than local time.
I confirm that the appropriate system call gives the right result.
Probably the OS has to do some math, but it is not a problem with current hardware.
It IS actually possible nowdays tell Linux to use local time for RTS, but I disadvice it as Linux services are tipically more time-zone conscious than Windows application.