Re: Setting The System Clock [Linux]

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


Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 14:49:40 +0000 (UTC)

In article <1076259.Og61VUoJJV@alexd.mine.nu>, 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.

No it hadn't. It had simply changed the way in which it presents the time
to you.

HTH
John

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