Re: Time Issues

[Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com>]

On Mon, 06 Jun 2011 17:03:50 +0200, Hardt, Sebastian (IV 1) wrote:

> i installed a new server (squeeze) with the new netinsall-iso. now i
> started setting time and some issue turned up. here is a part of my
> console output.

(...)

> root@xy:/# hwclock
> Mo 06 Jun 2011 16:59:56 CEST  -0.765840 seconds 
> root@xy:/# date 
> Mo 6. Jun 18:59:59 CEST 2011

(...)
 
> after i've done some googling, i am a little confused.
>  
> UTC is 14:59:56
> CEST is 16:59:56
>  
> why is my debian-squeeze telling it's not?

So, you mean there is a shift of +2 hours from RTC clock and system time, 
right?

Just a wild guess, but... at install time there is a question about your 
RTC using "UTC" or "localtime". What did you select?

grep -i utc /etc/default/rcS

Besides, are you syncing the time using ntpd?

Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón