Date: Mon, 24 Jul 1995 13:16:48 -0400 From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> To: "Fred Clark Jr." <fclark@cixs.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Problem keeping accurate time Message-ID: <9507241716.AA05014@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <199507241648.LAA00186@cixs.org> References: <199507241648.LAA00186@cixs.org>
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<<On Mon, 24 Jul 1995 11:48:38 -0500 (CDT), "Fred Clark Jr." <fclark@cixs.org> said: > I've been trying to figure out why after 12 or more hours of > operation, the date and time are off. For example when I initially boot > the system, the date and time is current to that of the bios and my > watch, but after running for sometime I check the date an the time, it's > off by atleast 5 hours. I notice this incident after I created a file, > and it had the next day's date stamped on it; it was only 10 pm. Sounds like your timezone is set wrong. What is the output of the following (using /bin/sh): $ TZ=Etc/GMT date; date $ ls -l /etc/localtime $ ls -l /etc/wall_cmos_clock $ for a in `find /usr/share/zoneinfo -type f -print`; do > if cmp -s /etc/localtime $a; then > echo $a > fi > done -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | Shashish is simple, it's discreet, it's brief. ... wollman@lcs.mit.edu | Shashish is the bonding of hearts in spite of distance. Opinions not those of| It is a bond more powerful than absence. We like people MIT, LCS, ANA, or NSA| who like Shashish. - Claude McKenzie + Florent Vollant
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