On Sat, 19 Aug 2000, you wrote:
> Ok, but here's the deal.
>
> When I do this : rdate -sp time.nist.gov
>
> it sets it correctly to 17:01
Sets the system, or software clock ....
>
> but if I restart the box, it reverts back to 10:55
>
> so how do I make it stick?
>
... but bios, or hardware clock is still wrong
so (as root) run 'hwclock --systohc'
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>
>
> > On Sat, 19 Aug 2000, you wrote:
> > > I can't seem to set my machines time correctly. When I do, it ends up
> soon
> > > reverting back to GMT, as if it's using a NTP server. How can I set my
> > > machine to use a ntp server to sync it's clock, and also know it's PDT?
> >
> > As with most things in Linux, there's several ways to take
> > charge of this. Here's how i do it.
> >
> > In bashrc I've created an alias to save typing and remembering
> > this time URL, alias tdate="rdate -sp time.nist.gov"
> >
> > When I type 'tdate' in a terminal while connected to the Net, my
> > system clock is set to the correct time. If I then believe the
> > hardware clock (bios) needs to also be reset, I'll type
> > 'hwclock --systohc' which "Set[s] the Hardware Clock to the
> > current System Time. See 'man hwclock'
> >
> > --
> > ~~ Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >
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~~ Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
