Index: vws
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--- vws
+++ vws
@@ -661,11 +661,11 @@
 umask 002
 {qemubinary} -name $NAME {accel} \\
 -m {memory} \\
 {drive} \\
 {cdrom}$CDROM \\
-{net} \\
+{rtc}{net} \\
 {usb} \\
 {sound} \\
 -chardev socket,server,nowait,path=monitor,id=monitor \\
 -mon chardev=monitor,mode=readline \\
 -vga {vga} \\
@@ -698,11 +698,12 @@
                "vga":'qxl',
                "drive":"-drive media=disk,index=0,if={interface},file={image}",
                "cdrom":"-drive media=cdrom,index=2,if=ide",
                "sound":"-soundhw hda",
                "group":config.get("permissions","vm_group"),
-               "usb":"-usb"}
+               "usb":"-usb",
+               "rtc":""}
     macaddr = ":".join(["%02x" % ord(x) for x in  chr(0x52) + os.urandom(5)])
     if parsed_args.shared:
         machinedir = os.path.join(config.get("directories", "SharedVMs"),
                                   parsed_args.machine)
         dirmode = 0775
@@ -738,10 +739,12 @@
         options["sound"] = ''
     else:
         options["sound"] = '-soundhw ' + parsed_args.sound
 
     options["memory"] = parsed_args.mem
+    if parsed_args.localtime:
+        options["rtc"] = "-rtc base=localtime,clock=host \\\n"
 
     if os.path.exists(machinedir):
         if os.path.exists(os.path.join(machinedir, "start")):
             print >> sys.stderr, ("Virtual Worstation %s already exists" %
                                   parsed_args.machine)
@@ -924,10 +927,13 @@
 p.add_argument("--arch", metavar='cputype', help="Emulated architecture",
                dest="arch", default=config.get('create options', 'arch'))
 p.add_argument("--no-sound", help="Disable sound card", action='store_const',
                const=None, default=config.get('create options', 'sound'),
                dest="sound")
+p.add_argument('--localtime', action='store_const',const=True,default=False,
+                help="Show system clock as local time, not UTC to guest OS",
+                dest='localtime')
 p.add_argument("--sound", metavar='cardtype', help="Specify sound card type",
                dest='sound', default=config.get('create options', 'sound'))
 p.add_argument("--vga", metavar='cardtype',
                help="specify video card type (cirrus,std,vmware,qxl) default " +
                config.get('create options', 'vga',), dest="vga",