> The mail server 's date and time has gone one day ahead and it has > debian unstable installed on it. > it shows Wed Aug 18 10:25:59 IST 2004 > but the actual time and date now is Tue Aug 17 12:21:04 IST 2004 > how do i get it right Use 'date' as root to set it in the OS. See date(1). Use 'hwclock' as root to copy it from OS to battery-backed-up RAM. See hwclock(8). Alexis