PC had the right time, macs didn't

[mikebw]

Are we just arguing about the semantics of the term "time chip"?

lafinfil is pretty much correct in his statement. If the mac is not connected to the Internet, or is not set to auto check time against a time server then it will not have the correct time following this DST event.

True, every mac does have an internal clock which receives power from the internal clock or PRAM battery when the computer it turned off. Some macs use a button cell lithium battery, other use a 3.6V lithium or 4.5V battery, but it wouldn't matter if your computer had a 24v lead-acid battery or no battery at all, if the computer didn't know the time had changed or was supposed to change the internal clock would be wrong.

Is anyone denying that?

[quote lafinfil]Are your macs connected to the internet ?

Do you have the mac set to set time automatically from the network server ?

If the answer to either of these is "no" - then you will not have the correct time
The mac doesn't have any imbedded time chip (at least that I'm aware of)
so you either have to do it manually or have it checked to do it online

Mine were all just fine