Re: Setting The System Clock [Linux]

From: John Winters (newstmp_at_sinodun.org.uk)
Date: 10/31/03 

Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 14:52:39 +0000 (UTC)

In article <LRNmb.2931$RQ1.2151@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net>,
Alan Connor <xxxx@yyy.zzz> wrote:
>On Sun, 26 Oct 2003 10:09:55 GMT, alexd <look@my.sig> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Michael Heiming wrote:
>>> Alan Connor <zzzzzz@xxx.yyy> wrote:
>>>> As root:
>>>> date --set='-1 hours'
>>> Not needed if you use ntp to sync your system clock.
>>> In addition, don't forget to sync the BIOS clock:
>>> man hwclock
>>
>> Heh that's funny, I woke up this morning and it [something in Debian] had
>> changed the clock automagically.
>>
>
>My Debian doesn't. Go figure.....

I figure you must have done something astoundingly stupid to your Debian
installation if you've managed to break its date and time handling.

Linux has always had fundamentally sound design in this area and so no
action at all is required. The crucial point to understand is that the
clock *does* *not* *change* when we go into or out of daylight saving.
All that changes is the way the time is presented to you.

>(or maybe that's one of those apps that access the Internet without
>notifying you or asking your permission....I deleted all of those a
>good long while ago.

What apps? I don't suppose you could provide a list? Thought not.

>It turns out that this is a better way, and the system clock picks it
>up when next you reboot. ( or probably, after a kill -HUP 1 )
>
>hwclock --set --date='-1 hours'

No, that's even worse. Work out what it was that you did to break the
system in the first place and then undo it.

HTH
John 

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