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Date:      Wed, 10 Apr 2002 22:29:03 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu>
To:        Oledog <oledog@diversetech.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: NTPDATE setting clock back 1hr !!!!!
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.10204102227080.80182-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu>
In-Reply-To: <1018493338.13201.12.camel@frog.diversetech.net>

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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


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