Brad Rogers <b...@fineby.me.uk> writes: > On Thu, 30 Jul 2020 07:19:12 -0400 > Albretch Mueller <lbrt...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello Albretch, > >> How do you make Linux get the time from the BIOS at start time and >>take it from there? > > Linux *is* reading the RTC; The problem is that Windows expects that > time to be in the local time zone, and sets it so, rather than to UTC, > which Debian (and most Linuxes) expects. You have to tell Debian that is > the case, and all should be well.
Since Windows 7 it's possible to tell Windows that RTC is UTC. IMO, setting RTC to UTC time is the right thing to do, messing around with Debian settings to accommodate Windows is not.