Tips and Tricks Ubuntu / Linux Mint

If your running Ubuntu or Linux Mint and are dual booting between Operating systems then you will have noticed that your time will be off. Well this is based on the fact that Ubuntu and Mint seem to be setting the date to UTC time. To disable this annoying little feature all you have to do is edit one simple little file.

Issue the following command(s) from the linux terminal.

> sudo gedit /etc/default/rcS

change the variable UTC=yes to UTC=no

save you file and then issue

> sudo ntpdate -s time.nrc.ca

or any other time server you might like to use.

enjoy.