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Date:      Fri, 20 Sep 2002 23:50:56 +1000 (EST)
From:      Steven Goodwin <steve@cit.gu.edu.au>
To:        Len Conrad <LConrad@Go2France.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: time off by 30 minutes
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.44.0209202348080.360-100000@hobbit.cit.gu.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20020920083918.03223cf0@mail.Go2France.com>

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On Fri, 20 Sep 2002, Len Conrad wrote:

> 
> >
> >Check your /etc/localtime is correct for your timezone.
> >
> >ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/xxxx localtime
> >
> >where xxxx is the correct location.
> 
> rm /etc/localtime
> 
> from /usr/share/zoneinfo/zone.tab:
> 
> US      +415100-0873900 America/Chicago Central Time
> US      +450628-0873651 America/Menominee       Central Time - Michigan - 
> Wisconsin border
> US      +470659-1011757 America/North_Dakota/Center     Central Time - 
> North Dakota - Oliver County
> 
> I've tried rm old + ln new with all three of above, still 30 minutes late.
> 
> Where else is this determined?

I think the problem could be the -d (debug) option to ntpdate.  Try 

ntpdate time.nist.gov

as root and that should set your system clock to GMT.

Steve



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