Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 07:54:14 -0700 (PDT) From: John Doe <rhamming2001@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: RE: setting the date on FreeBSD Message-ID: <20010625145414.21907.qmail@web14808.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E452205FD9CF0@l04.research.kpn.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Ramon,
Please look at date(1)...you shoudl do date 0106251100
this sets the clock to, June 25, 2001, 11:00am
bruce\
--- "Koster, K.J." <K.J.Koster@kpn.com> wrote:
> Dear Ramon,
>
> >
> > The power seems to have gone out this weekend and I got a really weird
> > kernel message ... Jun 25 08:29:41 bsd /kernel: WARNING:
> > clock gained 2 days
> > -- CHECK AND RESET THE DATE! .. I tried using the date
> > command and it sends
> > me into the year 2025 .. so if anyone can help me get back to
> > the year 2001 I would really appreciate it.
> >
> Try "ntpdate www.freebsd.org" instead if the box is on-line. If the box is
> on-line continuously, find out what your ISP's time server is and configure
> the ntp daemon ("man ntpd" to get more info).
>
> Kees Jan
>
> ================================================
> You are only young once,
> but you can stay immature all your life.
>
> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
> with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35
a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20010625145414.21907.qmail>