On Fri, 17 Sep 1999, Alan Shoemaker wrote:
> > Time configs. People are using atomic clocks and other time servers to
> > update their own clocks. How do I do this? Do I need a time server in my
> > own timezone? I tried doing this with some tips in Linux Journal (Sept 99
> > issue) and the NTP servers, but I could never find one in my own timezone
> > (MST7MDT). Is there a way to offset the reported time? Ie. if I pick an
> > NTP server that is GMT0 is there a way I can have a perl script (I'm
> > assuming there is a program to do this also, but I don't know what it
> > is... enlightenment there would help) report it back as my local timezone
> > or give an offset (ie. -7)?
>
> Vincent....to set your system clock from pretty much anywhere just type:
>
> rdate -sp time.nist.gov
>
> Just one more thing, do it when you're connected to your ISP (-:
Why? I'm connected 24/7 via cable.. I suppose I could chuck it in
rc.local, but I was thinking of a cronjob... any reason why I shouldn't do
it once a day via cron?
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