From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Apr 10 22:30:42 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from andrsn.stanford.edu (andrsn.Stanford.EDU [171.66.112.163]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA44D37B41B for ; Wed, 10 Apr 2002 22:30:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost.stanford.edu [127.0.0.1]) by andrsn.stanford.edu (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g3B5T3d80197; Wed, 10 Apr 2002 22:29:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu) Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 22:29:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Annelise Anderson To: Oledog Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NTPDATE setting clock back 1hr !!!!! In-Reply-To: <1018493338.13201.12.camel@frog.diversetech.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 10 Apr 2002, Oledog wrote: > I am having a problem syncing my system to the time servers. The system > time is set correctly in the BIOS prior to the boot up. I can query the > server (-q) and receive a valid result, but when I try to sync it sets > me back exactly one hour and also changes my time in the BIOS. > > Does anyone have any idea why this would be happening? > > Thanks in advance: > > --------------------------------------------- > hog# ntpdate -v > 10 Apr 22:34:04 ntpdate[284]: ntpdate 4.1.0-a Sat Apr 6 21:04:38 EST > 2002 (1) > 10 Apr 22:34:04 ntpdate[284]: no servers can be used, exiting > > hog# ntpdate -q timex.peachnet.edu > server 131.144.4.9, stratum 2, offset -3600.326249, delay 0.04115 > 10 Apr 22:34:13 ntpdate[285]: step time server 131.144.4.9 offset > -3600.326249 sec > > hog# ntpdate timex.peachnet.edu > 10 Apr 21:34:22 ntpdate[286]: step time server 131.144.4.9 offset > -3600.327301 sec > > hog# date > Wed Apr 10 21:34:42 EST 2002 We're on daylight time now, so the proper zone is EDT. Use tzsetup (as root) to reset your time zone. Usually FreeBSD does this for you automatically. Annelise -- Annelise Anderson Author of: FreeBSD: An Open-Source Operating System for Your PC Available from: BSDmall.com and amazon.com Book Website: http://www.bittreepress.com/FreeBSD/introbook/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message