is it a bug or a feature? re:time zone differences, laptops, and suggestion for a new option

[David Starks-Browning]

On Friday 5 Apr 02, tim.conway at philips.com writes:
> I just did a win2k install, and as I thought i'd remembered, it asked 
> whether the hardware clock was UTC or localtime (and recommends 
> localtime).  Of course, I chose UTC, but most would probably follow 
> MegaSloth's recommendation.  I don't know how to change it on an 
> already-installed system, though.  Does anyone else?

Lapo, how do you handle this for the Cygwin build?

Thanks,
David