Time differences between windows and ubuntu partition?

Question

I'm running a tri-boot setup with Windows 7, ubuntu 12.04, and Backtrack 5 all running on separate partitions. When ever I boot into windows after linux the time is all messed up and I have to manually reset it. The same happens the other way around. How do I fix this?

Thanks!

possible duplicate of [Clock time is off by 4 hours](http://askubuntu.com/questions/169376/clock-time-is-off-by-4-hours) — Eric Carvalho, May 19 '14 at 11:17
Read this: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuTime#Multiple_Boot_Systems_Time_Conflicts — FedKad, Dec 29 '19 at 13:26

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 19 '12 at 04:05

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That's because Windows doesn't do UTC. Refer to this.

answered Jul 19 '12 at 04:05

Thanks! In your opinion, what do you think would be better, making windows UTC or Linux local? – TestinginProd Jul 19 '12 at 06:24
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UTC is the better way to go ;) – Rinzwind Jul 19 '12 at 06:51

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 25 '12 at 21:28

Changing Linux to use local time is easier and more reliable than changing Windows to use UTC, so dual-boot Linux/Windows systems tend to use local time.

This is mentioned in the link provided. So I guess we have to make Ubuntu use hardware clock as local time.

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