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Subject: Re: system time mysteriously changes
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Mario Hoerich wrote:

># Kevin Smith:
>  
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>>I'm having a problem with my system clock.  The time will be fine for a 
>>few days, then all of a sudden, I will notice that it has jumped ahead 
>>by a number of hours (usually enough to change the day to the next day). 
>>    
>>
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>Does the number of hours vary or is it constant?
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I'll check when it does it again. I recall it being +7 hours ahead.

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>>Any ideas on what could be wrong ?  I also have ntpd running, which I 
>>used as an attempt to keep the clock set correctly (in effort to find a 
>>solution to the problem), but it does not appear to be able to handle 
>>correcting the time.
>>    
>>
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>Could you check which timezone the "advanced" time is displayed
>in? Sounds like some application assumes -say- UTC instead of PST.
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I'm pretty sure that the "advanced" time stayed at PST (ie the time zone 
did not change).  But I'll check again...

btw,  I did another experiment.  I powered off the system for 12 hours 
and restarted it. The time was still correct, so I guess that rules out 
motherboard battery.

>Obviously, even ntp couldn't fix that, since the time is
>actually valid (just not your current localtime).
>
>It's just a shot in the dark, though.
>
>HTH,
>Mario
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