Re: System time is broken
On Thu, 1 Apr 1999, Dave Swegen wrote:
> Ever since we went over to summer time here in the UK my system has been
> broken. It started with the extra hour not being added after the change. I
> then tried to correct it using the date command, and have then tried the
> hwclock command (which worked). My problem is that whenever I use standby
> on my machine the kernel time isn't updated, which it used to (it was a
> standard hamm setup).
>
> I would really appreciate it if someone could help me get out of this mess.
> Any help much appreciated.
>
> Btw, I read the clock mini-HOWTO, but it only works as long as I don't
> standby the system. Also, I seem to recall there was a thread here about
> how to set clocks, but I couldn't find anything in the mailing list
> archives, so any pointers would be useful.
This has never failed me when my clock gets messed up (has the added
effect of making your clock super accurate).
rdate time.nist.gov
hwclock --systohc
HTH
-Dano
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