Messages in this thread | | | From | "Matthew D. Pitts" <> | Subject | Re: Clock not reset | Date | Tue, 6 Apr 1999 22:01:26 -0400 |
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Riley,
> Hi there. > > > While I'm mailing the list, Daylight saving's time just came > > about. Linux automatically updated the time (or perhaps a daemon > > I'm unaware of), however when I rebooted the time went back an > > hour (e.g. the system clock wasn't changed). This happened on > > both of my Linux boxes. When I used date --set to set the time, > > the time went back an hour when I rebooted (both boxes). My > > question is, is this a date problem, a Linux problem, or a BIOS > > problem? > > Sounds like you have your system set so the hardware clock runs in > non-UTC mode, possibly because you also have Win9x present and it > requires that? > > My fix was to add the following command to the shutdown script: > > Q> hwclock --systohc > > This has the effect of resetting the hardware clock to the system > clock time at that point, so avoids such problems... My system runs Win 95 + Redhat 5.0 and the clock shows EDT in both OS's. I haven't checked the scripts, so RH might preset something like what you show.
Matthew D. Pitts mpitts@suite224.net
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