[CLUE-Tech] Setting System Time

[Warren]

David Anselmi <anselmi at americanisp.net> wrote:

 > In April, Warren posted about a problem with his file timestamps:
 > http://clue.denver.co.us/pipermail/clue-tech/2002-April/003920.html
 > 
 > In short, date shows the correct time, but files are created with
 > timestamps 6 hours in the future (when localtime is MDT).
 > 
 > Warren, did you find a fix for this?

No, I did not.  I sweated over it for a while, then decided to tackle
it again later...it's still in my to-do list on my Palm...I just keep
advancing the due date every few days.



 > It seems that the kernel has become schizophrenic about the time,
 > reporting one to date and another to ls.

That's about the best description yet.


 > The only new info I know is that you can see the raw time in your
 > rtc in /proc/rtc or /proc/drivers/rtc.  Kind of handy, you don't
 > have to look at the bios to see what it is.

Thanks for the tip.


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