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Date:      Sun, 20 Jan 2002 11:14:29 +1300
From:      Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
To:        "Gary W. Swearingen" <swear@blarg.net>
Cc:        Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net>, Philip Pereira <info@wintellect.co.uk>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: How to change a FreeBSD clock time
Message-ID:  <20020120111429.A1429@grimoire.chen.org.nz>
In-Reply-To: <uek7ueqieq.7ue@localhost.localdomain>; from swear@blarg.net on Sat, Jan 19, 2002 at 10:56:13AM -0800
References:  <002501c1a0d2$6682a9a0$0301a8c0@wintellect.com> <20020119102526.GA5105@raggedclown.net> <uek7ueqieq.7ue@localhost.localdomain>

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On Sat, Jan 19, 2002 at 10:56:13AM -0800, Gary W. Swearingen wrote:
[...]
> I still haven't seen how to change the CMOS time from FreeBSD, unless
> it's buried in all of adjkerntz's words on M$DOS and time zones.

Real UNIX systems use `date' to change the CMOS time as well as the
displayed time. Only Linux has this weirdball `hwclock' command.

If date(1) doesn't work for you, the probably some other problem with
your system.
-- 
Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
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