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Date:      Wed, 15 Nov 2000 19:10:27 -0500 (EST)
From:      Doug Denault <doug@safeport.com>
To:        Petr Murmak <petr@cdr.cz>
Cc:        freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Unable to change date/time
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.1001115190833.50244A-100000@fledge.watson.org>
In-Reply-To: <076901c04a9e$93d45bf0$0101a8c0@palitko>

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use 'man date' to get the correct format. 

Better ways to do this are with ntpdate or xntpd. There is a list of
public timer servers at http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/servers.htm. 

On Thu, 9 Nov 2000, Petr Murmak wrote:

> Hi!
> 
> I installed FreeBSD 4.1.1 from burned ISO image.
> 
> I tried to change or time, but I was not successfull.
> 
> When I wrote for example:
> 
> # date 0001
> 
> system response:
> 
> Fri Nov 10 00:01:00 CET 2000
> 
> but immediately after that I wrote:
> 
> # date
> 
> and system response:
> 
> Fri Nov 10 00:34:40 CET 2000
> 
> And in /var/log/messages i found:
> 
> Nov 10 00:34:38 test /kernel: Time adjustment clamped to -1 second
> Nov 10 00:34:38 test date: date set by petr
> 
> I'm logged as petr, but su to root.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> Petr
> 
> 
> 
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