RTC configured in localtime, applying delta of xxx minutes to system time
Issue
- systemd[1]: RTC configured in localtime, applying delta of 540 minutes to system time.
- When should RTC be saved in localtime.
- During system reboot (especially after applying system or kernel updates), the system clock rolls backward by several hours (equivalent to the local timezone offset, e.g., 6 or 7 hours).
- The chronyd service fails to synchronize or experiences significant time drift because the system time discrepancy is too large.
- In virtualized environments (such as VirtualBox), guest VMs experience similar time rollbacks or NTP sync failures upon reboot because they inherit the host's incorrect local clock setting.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and later
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