Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 06:37:15 -0800 (PST) From: Won De Erick <won.derick@yahoo.com> To: Guy Dawson <guy@crossflight.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hardware clock is not SYNC'ed with kernel clock by ntpdate? Message-ID: <167460.20536.qm@web45809.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <49942F54.4040201@crossflight.co.uk>
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--- On Thu, 2/12/09, Guy Dawson <guy@crossflight.co.uk> wrote: > Does the hardware clock show the correct UTC time? > > Your time zone appears to be PHT but the harware clock > should be keeping UTC time. This is what I only saw in the BIOS config: System Time 07:43:50 System Date Thu 02/12/2009 No setting for time zone. > > Guy > > Won De Erick wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > I've done the following procedure to verify the > unstable date/time being recorded in the hardware clock. > > > > I'm using IBM x343 with FreeBSD 6.2: > > > > 1. Rebooted the box. Entered a wrong date/time as: > > Date: December 1, 2008 > > Time: 12:00:00 > > > > 2. When the box was UP'ed, displayed the date (the > box is sync'ed with an NTP server during start-up). > > #date > > Thu Feb 12 15:37:57 PHT 2009 > > > > It seems correct. > > > > 3. Change with a wrong date/time again, then > displayed. # date 0812301200 > > Tue Dec 30 12:00:00 PHT 2008 > > # date > > Tue Dec 30 12:00:14 PHT 2008 > > > > It seems correct. > > > > 4. Synchronized the date/time with an NTP Server. > Then, displayed the date. > > # ntpdate ph.pool.ntp.org > > 12 Feb 15:40:59 ntpdate[3094]: step time server > 202.92.128.201 offset 3814728.167216 sec > > # date > > Thu Feb 12 15:41:33 PHT 2009 > > > > It seems correct. > > > > 5. Rebooted the box, then verified the system > date/time at the BIOS config. System Time 07:43:50 > > System Date Thu 02/12/2009 > > > > Wrong TIME? I think the hardware clock was not > properly SYNCed with the kernel clock. I've verified > this with other box, and same thing happened. > > > > Is there any issues on using date and ntpdate? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Won > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-hardware-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > -- Guy > -- > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Guy Dawson I.T. Systems Manager > Crossflight Ltd > guy@crossflight.co.uk 07973 797819 > 01753 776104 > > > ******************************************************************* > This message contains the views and opinions of a > Crossflight > Limited employee and at this stage are in no way a direct > representation of Crossflight Limited. > > Crossflight Limited is an international express courier, > mailing > and logistics service provider, and is authorised and > regulated by > the Financial Services Authority to conduct General > Insurance > Business. This communication and any attachments are > confidential > and may be protected from disclosure. We endorse no advice > or > opinion contained in this communication that is not the > subject of > a contract between the recipient and ourselves. > > If you have received it in error please notify us > immediately and > note that any storage, use or disclosure is strictly > prohibited and > may be unlawful. Those communicating with us by electronic > mail > will be deemed to have accepted the risks associated with > interception, amendment, loss and late or incomplete > delivery. > They will also be deemed to have consented to our > intercepting and > monitoring such communications. > > This footnote also confirms that this message has been > checked for > the presence of computer viruses. We strongly recommend > that you > check this email with your own virus software as > Crossflight > Limited will not be held responsible for any damage caused > by > viruses as a result of opening this email. > *******************************************************************
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