From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 21 19:08:48 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5AFE616A51F for ; Tue, 21 Nov 2006 19:08:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from pi.codefab.com (pi.codefab.com [199.103.21.227]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D68443EB7 for ; Tue, 21 Nov 2006 19:05:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pi.codefab.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E93585DDB; Tue, 21 Nov 2006 14:05:44 -0500 (EST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at codefab.com Received: from pi.codefab.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (pi.codefab.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id EhKg1GkA46kk; Tue, 21 Nov 2006 14:05:42 -0500 (EST) Received: from [192.168.1.251] (pool-68-161-95-165.ny325.east.verizon.net [68.161.95.165]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pi.codefab.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FBD35D62; Tue, 21 Nov 2006 14:05:42 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <45634E01.10106@mac.com> Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 14:05:37 -0500 From: Chuck Swiger User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 (Windows/20061025) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Neil Short References: <39854.56921.qm@web56511.mail.re3.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <39854.56921.qm@web56511.mail.re3.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD date drifts significantly X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 19:08:48 -0000 Neil Short wrote: > I suspect this has something to do with maybe the > server that is synchronizing my time; but I don't > recall how to synchronize my time with an up-stream > server. Can't find documentation on it either. > > Any pointers? Given the choice, it's better to run the BIOS clock in UTC, and have FreeBSD configured to do the same. But you can re-run sysinstall and change it via the menus, if you prefer. See the fine Handbook: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install-post.html#SET-TIMEZONE-LOCALITY -- -Chuck