On Mon, 13 Mar 2000, Gary Bunker wrote:
> OK, I'm an idiot. I just spent about 30 minutes trying to decipher
> manpages and other documentation that explained the difference in Unix
> between System and Hardware clocks. I get it now.
:)
> Of course, now I have to change my cron job to update the Hardware
> Clock instead of the System clock, then update the system clock from
> the hardware clock. *sigh* At least when I have to reboot into
> Windows, the time will be right. :-)
Um i suggest you update the hw clock with the software clock much easier
to accomplish
> > On 12 Mar, John Aldrich wrote:
> > On Sun, 12 Mar 2000, you wrote:
> > I beg to differ... Quoting from the man page:
> > -s Set the local system time from the time retrieved from the remote
>machine.
> > This, quite naturally, is only effective for root.
> >
> > Unless I'm totally mistaken (I could be for all I know <G>) this only
> > sets the SOFTWARE clock. Which is why when you have your off-set
> > wrong, and have your hardware (bios) clock set CORRECTLY, you can
> > have a wrong time displayed... :-)
> > John
>
>
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