Vincent Danen wrote:
>
> 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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Vincent....I notice that running Linux all day long compared to running
Win98 that with Linux there is a whole lot more time loss than with
Win98. I only needed to update the clock about once a month with Win98,
but with Linux I notice the time slip in the space of several hours. So
if I had a 24/7 connection I'd auto-update the clock at least 4 times a
day. Sounds like cronjob material to me!! (-:
Alan
