Penguin Can't Keep Time

[fantasma]

Hey All-

I'm running RedHat 6.1 and have a problem with the system time function. Everytime I set the time through X Windows and restart, the time is set to what appears to be random time; its never the same and always wrong. How can I correct this? How do I set system time via command line?

-fantasma

[mdwatts]

Does date and time work at the commandline?

Also, are they set correctly in the BIOS?

[fantasma]

MDWATTS-
Thanks for responding. No, time is screwed up from the command line too. I just tried to go into bios but wasn't given the opportunity, it went from a dead monitor, to the vendor screen straight to LILO. What's up with that?

Thanks,

fantasma

[posterboy]

Set the clock this way:
date MMDDHHMMYYYY
then:
hwclock --systohc
that forces the system time into the hardware clock. Now, provided that your TZ information is there, the clock will work.
A "forever" end to all this is NTP. It's tiny, easy to get going, and gets your system and hardware clock on the money, all the time. I did a simple page on this at http://www.raymondjones.net/ntpguide.html
Try it, you'll like it. Ray


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[fantasma]

Thanks for the help guys. Ray, I'll try your suggestions. Cheers.

-fantasma

[fantasma]

Thanks Ray, worked like a charm! I'll check out your site over the weekend.

Cheers!

[berb]

OR - set up a cron job with
rdate -s time.nist.gov



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