Change Ubuntu hardware clock to 'local' time

[s.boone35223]

I have read multiple articles about changing Ubuntu hardware clock to 'local' time to fix an incompatability with clock settings in dual boot (Windows/Ubuntu) systems. I am guessing the "edit" command is entered in Terminal and that you must be at the Root partition? If correct, can someone tell me how to navigate to the Root partition? Thanks.

Make Linux use 'Local' time

To tell your Ubuntu system that the hardware clock is set to 'local' time:

1. edit /etc/default/rcS
2. add or change the following section # Set UTC=yes if your hardware clock is set to UTC (GMT)
   UTC=no

[Irihapeti]

You need to have root privileges, which means using sudo.

For example:

sudo nano /etc/default/rcS

and enter your login password. You won't see any *** symbols when you type it, but it's still working.

If you want to do it in two steps, you can

cd /etc/default     ##takes you to the directory
sudo nano rcS

nano is a code editor that works in the terminal. There are other terminal editors, but nano is probably easier for a beginner than some of the others.

[mc4man]

In case it isn't apparent, after making edit in nano -
ctrl+o
enter key
ctrl+x

[s.boone35223]

Thank you. Both responses did the trick.