[TriLUG] DATE problems

Ken VanDine ken at bizrace.net
Mon Dec 17 13:09:46 EST 2001


Is this a system that is being reboot everyday?  If so, try running "hwclock" instead of "date".  hwclock sets the hardware clock.  date simply updates it with the OS.

--Ken


On Mon, Dec 17, 2001 at 01:03:56PM -0500, Vestal, Roy L. wrote:
> No I'm not talking about my personal life ;)  
> 
> I have a question on the date program. Everyday, I login and have to run
> date -s hh:mm:ss am/pm to set the clock. I have run this as root via su when
> logged in as me, as well as log in as root, but everyday I have to do this.
> Any one know what to look for, or am I doing this wrong?
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