====== Use of UTC BIOS Clock in Windows ====== Sources: * http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/tabletandtouch/thread/0b872d8a-69e9-40a6-a71f-45de90c6e243/ * http://superuser.com/questions/482860/does-windows-8-support-utc-as-bios-time ===== Enable UTC Clock (preferred UNIX/Linux behaviour) ===== Registry: ''HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\TimeZoneInformation\RealTimeIsUniversal = 1 '' (dword) ==== REG file ==== Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\TimeZoneInformation] "RealTimeIsUniversal"=dword:00000001 Reference: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310516 ===== Disable UTC Clock (default Windows behaviour) ===== Registry: ''HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\TimeZoneInformation\RealTimeIsUniversal = 0 '' (dword) ==== REG file ==== Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\TimeZoneInformation] "RealTimeIsUniversal"=- Reference: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310516