Fedora clock is not synced with Windows (Dual Boot issues) |
New users who are dual booting Windows and Fedora may have noticed a mild annoyance between the two OS's, specifically that the clocks may not match (This can also occur in VirtualBox with Windows as the host). In my case it is a 4 hour difference. This is because when you installed Fedora you left the UTC checked when configuring the time zone. It is recommended that when dual booting to deselect this option. However if you are like me you had no idea what this was and left it checked. Now I couldn't begin to tell you why Windows and Fedora will not sync, and I really doubt you care about the specifics. So I will tell you how to fix it. You may have noticed right clicking on the clock itself and playing with the Time Settings dialogue did no good. Any changes you make here will still be offset from the Windows clock.
The window you need is the Date/Time Properties which can either be run from terminal by entering:
$ system-config-time
Or by going to System > Administration > Date & Time, when the window opens click the Time Zone tab.
When using KDE this is found under Administration > Date & Time. With the exception of the window header the UI is the same as in GNOME.
At the very bottom locate the "System clock uses UTC" option and uncheck the check box. Now both your operating systems should have their clocks synced correctly.
- Ed
