--- Steven Hatfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi there, > I am setting the system date (right click on clock > in KDE2, select Adjust > Date&Time) because when my system boots up, it's > always 4 hours in the past. > Once I set the time to the proper time, it will > remain, even between > sessions. But as soon as I reboot, it's back to 4 > hours in the past. My BIOS > time is correct (I just checked it). > > What can this be? This is always a confusion, but it is really simple. The bios or real time clock (RTC) do not store zone informations. When you boot the kernel sets the system time (linux's time) from the RTC, but the catch is how does the kernel interprets this time datum, as a UTC time or as the local time? You configure that on the "/etc/sysconfig/clock" file. You can also use "hwclock" to set the RTC from the system time or vice versa. Be aware that if you have a dual boot system and you set the RTC to UTC in one OS and to localtime in another, you will have an incorrect time in one Os or the other, adn if you fix it in one the other will go wrong. The amount of time error should be you time zone in your case I guess is 4 hours. ===== ________________________ Eugenio Diaz, BSEE/BSCE Linux Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos - 35mm Quality Prints, Now Get 15 Free! http://photos.yahoo.com/
