> Thus spake Joel Reicher
> > We switched over to daylight savings time here in Australia just recently
> > and it reminded me how obscure the process would be for newbies to alter
> > rtc_offset in the kernel without having to recompile. One for the FAQ?
> > Something like...
> 
> You shouldn't have to recompile the kernel for DST.  Just set rtc_offset to
> zero and symlink /etc/localtime to the proper file in /usr/share/zoneinfo.

Sorry, I should have been more specific. I need to keep the hardware clock
to local time because I also have DOS/Windows on my system.

I imagine there are others in the same boat.

Or am I missing something? Is there a better way to do this?

	- Joel