[CLUE-Tech] Setting System Time

[Kevin Cullis]

Warren wrote:

Your clock is 6 hours off because we're 6 hours away from UTC right now
(http://nist.time.gov/timezone.cgi?UTC/s/0/java).

With that being the case, you need to check why there's the difference,
probably between setting the clock and what is displayed in local
time/zone. My guess if it's 6 hours in the future it is because you have
a gap between local time and UTC, between displayed and written (to your
system).  Does your clock state the correct time, i.e. local time?  Or
is it only when writing files?

Let me know how it works out, I'm eager to learn more.

Kevin

> But, when I edit or create a file, the timestamp is 6 hours in the
> future:
> 
>   [root at mail /root]# touch testfile
>   [root at mail /root]# ls -alF test*
>   -rw-rw-r--   1 root     root            0 Apr 12 01:49 testfile
> 
> My /etc/zoneinfo file points to the correct timezone file:
> 
>   lrwxrwxrwx   1 root  root  34 Apr 12 01:54 /etc/localtime -> /usr/sh
>   are/zoneinfo/America/Denver
> 
> Plus, my /etc/sysconfig/clock file seems to be set correctly:
> 
>   ZONE="America/Denver"
>   UTC=false
>   ARC=false
> 
> I run a script in /etc/cron.daily to first set the system time from a
> timeserver, then set the hardware clock to local time:
> 
>   #!/bin/sh
>   #Script to set time
>   /usr/bin/rdate -s  clock.psu.edu
>   /sbin/hwclock --systohc --localtime
> 
> I'm pretty sure it's PEBCAK and I'm open to any suggestions.
> 
> No, this is not a new problem, but I've finally reached that point on
> "The List".
> 
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