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The Friday 2007-03-16 at 13:18 +0100, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
> > Actually:
> >
> > - set up the clock.
>
> To local or UTC time?
To whatever time your clock uses. For instance, if I do (as root):
nimrodel:~ # date
Fri Mar 16 20:00:02 CET 2007
then I would use "CET" time. However, the "date" syntax allows me to use
any timezone I want.
>
> > - check and reset time zone with yast.
> > - ensure clock is correct running "date" as root.
> > - delete /etc/adjtime
>
> When is this file created? Who makes it?
By the script "/etc/init.d/boot.clock" on boot and shutdown. It is read on
boot, and updated un shutdown. Deleting it forces a reset.
This file serves to compensate the hardware (cmos) clock for drift. If the
drift is very wrong, your clock will be set very wrong on next boot.
> Does this file tell how much to
> adjust the clock when shutting down a UTC hardware clock system?
Yes. UTC or local, doesn't matter: it knows.
The command "apropos adjtime" will tell you that there are some man pages
on this. However, better look up "man hwclock", which is the actual
program creating and using that file.
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Cheers,
Carlos E. R.
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