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Use of UTC BIOS Clock in Windows

Sources:

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