Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 16:17:30 -0700 From: jekillen <jekillen@prodigy.net> To: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: using the date command Message-ID: <6852662bd22e8de7aa12336ea1404a67@prodigy.net> In-Reply-To: <46FF54E5.4020502@cran.org.uk> References: <5e433b6210a52ae0220ae0a20d0353e1@prodigy.net> <1191124332.5997.21.camel@new-host> <46FF54E5.4020502@cran.org.uk>
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On Sep 30, 2007, at 12:48 AM, Bruce Cran wrote: > Brian A. Seklecki wrote: >> To set time: >> >> $ sudo /usr/sbin/ntpdate pool.ntp.org >> 29 Sep 23:48:31 ntpdate[9404]: adjust time server 66.250.45.2 offset >> 0.001289 sec >> > ntpdate is deprecated, you should use "ntpd -q" instead if you want > ntpd to set the time once then exit. From ntpdate(8): > > Note: The functionality of this program is now available in the ntpd(8) > program. See the -q command line option in the ntpd(8) page. > After a > suitable period of mourning, the ntpdate utility is to be retired > from > this distribution. > > Also, ntpd wil refuse to update the time if the delta is more than > 1000s by default, but you can use the -g option to override this. To > set the date to within a reasonable delta, use something like "date > 200709282027". If you want to set the time more accurately using NTP, > edit /etc/ntp.conf and add "server pool.ntp.org" to it. Save it then > run "ntpd -q". If you need to configure the time zone, an easy way to > do this is to run sysinstall and select "Configuration --> Time Zone". >> To date info about your timezone settings: >> >> $ zdump /etc/localtime /etc/localtime Sat Sep 29 23:49:19 2007 EDT >> >> Options: >> >> $ ls /usr/shaoneinfo/ | egrep -v "^d" >> total 78 >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 755 Aug 22 11:11 CET >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 837 Aug 22 11:11 CST6CDT >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 679 Aug 22 11:11 EET >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 56 Aug 22 11:11 EST >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 837 Aug 22 11:11 EST5EDT >> [...] >> >> To set timezone: >> >> $ ln -s /share/zoneinfo/$WHATEVER /etc/localtime >> >> For you probably PST8PDT. >> >> For your best NTP experience, use OpenNTP from >> ports: /usr/ports/net/openntpd/ >> >> ~BAS >> >> >> >> On Sat, 2007-09-29 at 20:33 -0700, jekillen wrote: >> Thanks, more very helpful info; Jeff K
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