What the Clock?

[hikan]

I know this is a dumb question, but how do you set the time in Linux? I tried using date, hwclock, and adjusting it manually in the BIOS, but my system always seems to have the wrong date and time. Any advice?

[fatTrav]

To set the timeszone
ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Chicago /etc/localtime

I use this to set the actual time:
ntpdate -b ntp-2.uiuc.edu

I have that set as an hourly cron job. This queries the time server at ntp-2.uiuc.edu and sets my system's time to it.

Be sure to change America/Chicago to whatever timezone you use. Also, change the ntp server to something closer if you live far away from the University of Illinois :D

[KenP]

Check out this article yesterday for setting time using NTP

http://enterprise.linux.com/enterprise/04/09/10/1449232.shtml?tid=89

Hope it might help

[fatTrav]

ntpd is a good solution for setting your time ... but using ntpdate is *much* easier for this slacker :D

[hikan]

Thanks guys, it's all fixed up. Both the script worked, and the guide you referenced. So now my clock is happily displaying the proper time, and all is well.