Date: 19 Jan 2002 20:53:57 -0800 From: swear@blarg.net (Gary W. Swearingen) To: Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: How to change a FreeBSD clock time Message-ID: <ydwuydpqqi.uyd@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <20020120110618.U60575@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <002501c1a0d2$6682a9a0$0301a8c0@wintellect.com> <20020119102526.GA5105@raggedclown.net> <uek7ueqieq.7ue@localhost.localdomain> <20020120110618.U60575@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> writes: > date(1). Why would you ever want to change the processor time and not > the CMOS time? The CMOS clock is only a backup for the processor > clock. Maybe because the OS I use 90% of the time maintains an offset between the CMOS clock and the OS clock using a sophisticated clock speed estimation algorithm which is not sophisticated enough to handle big step changes in the CMOS clock done by other OSes between boots without being told about it? That's not my current situation as I dropped Linux cold Turkey and the clock speed program isn't supported for FreeBSD. I'm OK with the "date" method, but I"m not happy that the "date" man page doesn't say what the command does better than it does. (It says "date will set the date and time" and doesn't mention CMOS/MB or OS clocks.) I've added it to my list of PRs to be written. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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