Bug#548128: Similar Problem

[Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>]

On Saturday 12 December 2009, Frans Pop wrote:
> So, if the problem is simply that rdate fails when the current system
> time is before the epoch (1-1-1970), how about we include a trivial
> command to set the date to the epoch before calling rdate as a
> workaround until rdate gets fixed.

Martin has just tested a modified version of this program (which first 
reads the system date and only sets it to the epoch if the current value 
is earlier).

I've committed this and will upload clock-setup. Does not necessarily need 
to be included in the upcoming release.