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Date:      Mon, 24 Jul 1995 12:26:02 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Mike Pritchard <mpp@mpp.minn.net>
To:        fclark@cixs.org (Fred Clark Jr.)
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Problem keeping accurate time
Message-ID:  <199507241726.MAA12637@mpp.minn.net>
In-Reply-To: <199507241648.LAA00186@cixs.org> from "Fred Clark Jr." at Jul 24, 95 11:48:38 am

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Fred Clark Jr. wrote:
> 
> Hello All,
> 
> 	I've been trying to figure out why after 12 or more hours of 
> operation, the date and time are off. For example when I initially boot 
> the system, the date and time is current to that of the bios and my 
> watch, but after running for sometime I check the date an the time, it's 
> off by atleast 5 hours. I notice this incident after I created a file,  
> and it had the next day's date stamped on it; it was only 10 pm. 
> 	Any clues as to how this problem can be correct? Was there 
> something in my initial configuration that I should of done, to assure 
> the accuracy of the system's clock?

Oddly enough, your mail headers indicate that you are in
a timezone that is 5 hours offset from GMT.  Have you run
"tzsetup"?  Are you using a GMT or localtime CMOS clock?  And is 
/etc/localtime readable to the world?

Or does the clock slowly drift over time?
-- 
Mike Pritchard
mpp@mpp.minn.net
"Go that way.  Really fast.  If something gets in your way, turn"



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