This is what you need to do in order to fix the time when booting in Mac OS:
1. Create new file /sbin/localtime-toggle with the following contents:
#!/bin/sh to_utc() { echo "localtime-toggle: Toggling to UTC." date -f %m%d%H%M%Y `date -u +%m%d%H%M%Y` } to_localtime() { echo "localtime-toggle: Toggling to localtime." date -u -f %m%d%H%M%Y `date +%m%d%H%M%Y` } trap 'to_localtime; exit' term to_utc { while true; do sleep 86400; done; } & wait
2. Ensure that localtime-toggle is executable:
chmod +x /sbin/localtime-toggle
3. Create new file /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.osx86.localtime-toggle.plist with the following contents:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>Label</key> <string>org.osx86.localtime-toggle</string> <key>Program</key> <string>/sbin/localtime-toggle</string> <key>KeepAlive</key> <true/> <key>RunAtLoad</key> <true/> <key>HopefullyExitsFirst</key> <true/> </dict> </plist>
4. Reboot.
At this point, your computer’s clock should correctly be set to UTC as Leopard boots, and reset back to local time as Leopard shuts down.
A less-intrusive solution is to set a registry setting in Windows to allow it to use a UTC system clock:
http://superuser.com/questions/185773/does-windows-7-support-utc-as-bios-time
This way it will work in both Windows and Mac without any further alteration (albiet with a known bug during daylight saving changeover).