Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 19:01:04 -0800 From: Kevin Smith <smithcam@adelphia.net> To: Mario Hoerich <m@MHoerich.de>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: system time mysteriously changes Message-ID: <41D36F70.2040104@adelphia.net> In-Reply-To: <20041229185145.GA38358@Pandora.MHoerich.de> References: <41D23B31.2030907@adelphia.net> <20041229185145.GA38358@Pandora.MHoerich.de>
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Mario Hoerich wrote: ># Kevin Smith: > > >>I'm having a problem with my system clock. The time will be fine for a >>few days, then all of a sudden, I will notice that it has jumped ahead >>by a number of hours (usually enough to change the day to the next day). >> >> > >Does the number of hours vary or is it constant? > > I'll check when it does it again. I recall it being +7 hours ahead. > > > >>Any ideas on what could be wrong ? I also have ntpd running, which I >>used as an attempt to keep the clock set correctly (in effort to find a >>solution to the problem), but it does not appear to be able to handle >>correcting the time. >> >> > >Could you check which timezone the "advanced" time is displayed >in? Sounds like some application assumes -say- UTC instead of PST. > > I'm pretty sure that the "advanced" time stayed at PST (ie the time zone did not change). But I'll check again... btw, I did another experiment. I powered off the system for 12 hours and restarted it. The time was still correct, so I guess that rules out motherboard battery. >Obviously, even ntp couldn't fix that, since the time is >actually valid (just not your current localtime). > >It's just a shot in the dark, though. > >HTH, >Mario > > >
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