Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 11:34:12 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: Steven Goodwin <steve@cit.gu.edu.au> Cc: Len Conrad <LConrad@Go2France.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: time off by 30 minutes Message-ID: <20020920183412.082FC5D04@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 20 Sep 2002 23:50:56 %2B1000." <Pine.LNX.4.44.0209202348080.360-100000@hobbit.cit.gu.edu.au>
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> Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 23:50:56 +1000 (EST) > From: Steven Goodwin <steve@cit.gu.edu.au> > Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > On Fri, 20 Sep 2002, Len Conrad wrote: > > > > > > > > >Check your /etc/localtime is correct for your timezone. > > > > > >ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/xxxx localtime > > > > > >where xxxx is the correct location. > > > > rm /etc/localtime > > > > from /usr/share/zoneinfo/zone.tab: > > > > US +415100-0873900 America/Chicago Central Time > > US +450628-0873651 America/Menominee Central Time - Michigan - > > Wisconsin border > > US +470659-1011757 America/North_Dakota/Center Central Time - > > North Dakota - Oliver County > > > > I've tried rm old + ln new with all three of above, still 30 minutes late. > > > > Where else is this determined? > > I think the problem could be the -d (debug) option to ntpdate. Try > > ntpdate time.nist.gov > > as root and that should set your system clock to GMT. I think that the one you want is: ntpdate -b That will force the system clock to reset even if it is off by more than the maximum allowed step. It is normally used at boot time when you want the time to be set correctly immediately since the existing state of the clock is unknown. R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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