Re: Time


Subject: Re: Time
From: James McMorris (buddha@gci.net)
Date: Tue Apr 30 2002 - 22:58:35 AKDT


The following is in /etc/crontab on my firewall which updates the time
once a day at night.

2 2 * * * root /usr/sbin/ntpdate -s -u ntp.alaska.edu

----- Original Message -----
From: Mac Mason <macmasta@ak.net>
Date: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 9:46 pm
Subject: Re: Time

>
> Or just use ntpdate - it syncs your hardware clock to an atomic.
> For example, ntpdate ntp.alaska.edu - poof!
>
> Add it to your startup scripts, too.
>
> ~Mac~
>
>
>
> n Tue, 2002-04-30 at 21:23, Clay Scott wrote:
> >
> > try 'man date'. the syntax is date MMDDhhmmYY.
> > month/day/hour/minute/year
> >
> > to set the current date and time for anchorage (apr. 30, 2002 @
> 9:20pm)> would be:
> >
> > date 0430212002
> >
> > to save that to the hardware clock for after reboots, since i've
> noticed> it doesn't always get saved properly, use the utility hwclock
> >
> > /sbin/hwclock --systohc
> >
> > this should be done on your next system shutdown, but after
> having to
> > figure out why this wasn't happening a long while back, i do it
> just to
> > be sure on the few times i ever have to change my clock manually.
> >
> > you might also want to look up the gnome app 'gnuclear'. it's an
> atomic> clock app that gives you a list of servers to choose from
> and, if run as
> > root, allows you to change the system clock to match.
> >
> > clay
> >
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