Re: Setting hwclock Time

["Jack Morgan" <yojack@mri.biglobe.ne.jp>]

Michael Perry <mperry@tsoft.com> wrote:
> Do you have hwclock running?  I will assume you have it but no man pages
> yet.
>
> Basically, you enter a command like:
>
> hwclock --set --date="9/22/96 16:45:05"
>
> This sets the bios clock to the correct time.  Just change the part in
> quotes.  Then you want to have the hwclock set the system time for you.
> Try doing a:
>
> hwclock --hctosys
>
> From the man page for this command:
>
>  --hctosys
>               Set the System Time from the Hardware Clock.
>
>               Also  set  the kernel's timezone value to the local
>               timezone as indicated by the TZ  environment  vari­
>               able  and/or  /usr/lib/zoneinfo,  as tzset(3) would
>               interpret them.  EXCEPT: always  set  the  Daylight
>               Savings Time part of the kernel's timezone value to
>               0 ("not Daylight Savings Time").  If DST  is  indi­
>               cated, just add an hour to the base part.

Many thanks!! This worked so well that I think I will name my next kid after
you!
Jack Morgan