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<title>Creating the setclock script</title>
<para>
-The following script is only for real use when your hardware clock (also
+The following script is only for real use when the hardware clock (also
known as BIOS or CMOS clock) isn't set to GMT time. The recommended
-setup is setting your hardware clock to GMT and have the time converted
-to localtime using the /etc/localtime symbolic link. But if you run an
-OS that doesn't understand a clock set to GMT (most notable are
-Microsoft OS'es) you might want to set your clock to localtime so that
+setup is setting the hardware clock to GMT and having the time converted
+to localtime using the /etc/localtime symbolic link. But if an
+OS is run that doesn't understand a clock set to GMT (most notable are
+Microsoft OS'es) a user might want to set the clock to localtime so that
the time is properly displayed on those OS'es. This script will reset
the kernel time to the hardware clock without converting the time using
the /etc/localtime symlink.
</para>
<para>
-If you want to use this script on your system even if you have your
-hardware clock set to GMT, then change the UTC variable below to the
+If a user wants to use this script on the system even if the
+hardware clock is set to GMT, then the UTC variable below has to be changed
+ to the
value of <emphasis>1</emphasis>.
</para>
@@ -82,8 +83,9 @@ UTC=1
</literallayout>
<para>
-If your hardware clock (also known as BIOS or CMOS clock) is not set to
-GMT time, than set the UTC variable in the /etc/sysconfig/clock file to
+If the hardware clock (also known as BIOS or CMOS clock) is not set to
+GMT time, then the UTC variable in the /etc/sysconfig/clock file needs to be
+set to
the value <emphasis>0</emphasis> (zero).
</para>