[NTLUG:Discuss] clock issues

[Terry]

On 5/27/05, Fred James <fredjame at fredjame.cnc.net> wrote:
> The box (info below) never seemed to be able to keep time, no matter how
> I set it (Mandrake Control Center, or command line).  Synchronizing with
> another server is not an option.  I was just about to change the

Just out of curiosity, why is using a time server not an option?

> battery, before exploring the MiniHOWTO on Clock, when I noticed
> something that I don't know why I didn't see it before.
> 
> I could set the time, and within a very short time the time was fast by
> about 2 minutes - very repeatable - so the problem was in the hardware
> and software clocks being out of sync
> 
> 'hwclock --show;date' proved this to be true.
> 'hwclock --set --date="n/nn/nn nn:nn:nn"' set the hardware clock to the
> correct time (close enough anyway)
> 'hwclock --show;date' proves the two are now in sync.
> 

A little simplier method:
hwclock --systohc   
(Will set the Hardware Clock to the current System Time)