[NTLUG:Discuss] Strange clock behaviour

[Rev. wRy]

On Fri, Sep 22, 2006 at 06:39:46PM -0500, Stephen Klein wrote:
> The date command only checks the system time, which is separate from 
> your realtime clock on the motherboard.  The realtime clock can be 
> checked using hwclock.  If your BIOS provides it, you might check your 
> battery voltage in the hardware monitor, but I don't think that's the 
> case in this situation.

I'm leaning towards it being some sort of mobo problem.

> You also might check to see if adjtimex is being run from cron.

It is not.

> Other than that, I'm not sure, it is an odd problem.

BIOS shows the correct date & time in the setup.  I completely rebooted the system, and all appears well at the moment, but I suppose time shall tell.
 
> Hope this  helps,
> Stephen

RW
(it did help, some)