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Description of problem:

On the time setting screen, right below the check-box for "hardware clock uses UTC", please add a line that reads "with the current settings the hardware clock time is ___" and the time.  On dual-boot machines, machines with removable hard drives (such as used in the school's computer lab and classrooms), it can be hard to know what the hardware clock is currently set to use.  With such a line, can can check and uncheck the Use UTC box and know.  (this especially applies to the use of this tool by Anaconda.)

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:

Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Run anaconda or system-config-date directly
2.
3.
  
Actual results:
Current hardware clock time, interpreted by the settings chosen, doesn't appear.

Expected results:
Current hardware clock time, interpreted by the settings chosen, should appear.

Additional info:

Applies to Fedora too.

This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for
inclusion in the current release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Because the affected component is not scheduled to be updated
in the current release, Red Hat is unfortunately unable to
address this request at this time. Red Hat invites you to
ask your support representative to propose this request, if
appropriate and relevant, in the next release of Red Hat
Enterprise Linux. If you would like it considered as an
exception in the current release, please ask your support
representative.

That would be fine, I understand.  I changed the status to "NEXTRELEASE" since I didn't see a choice for "RHEL7" or anything for "enhancement request".  Please adjust this bug as an enhancement for the next version.  I'm also going to add it as an enhancement request for Fedora.

Anaconda and the major desktops don't use code of system-config-date anymore for setting date/time/TZ in RHEL-7, so this change has very limited benefit there. Because of this and it being pretty hard to implement[1] I don't consider it for inclusion in RHEL-7.0.

[1]: cf. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=719213#c1