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Date:      Sat, 20 Sep 2003 17:18:48 +0200
From:      Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>
To:        Kim Culhan <fbsd_stable1@w8hd.org>
Cc:        stable@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Invalid time in realtime clock
Message-ID:  <20030920171848.227a7ce6.steve@sohara.org>
In-Reply-To: <20030920095825.H15417@w8hd2.w8hd.org>
References:  <20030920095825.H15417@w8hd2.w8hd.org>

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On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 10:27:46 -0400 (EDT)
Kim Culhan <fbsd_stable1@w8hd.org> wrote:

KC> This is 4.9-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 4.9-PRERELEASE #9: Fri Sep 19 20:32:15
KC> EDT 2003

	I'm not sure of the relationship between EDT and UTC.

KC> The system time returned by date(1) is advanced 4 hours from the
KC> correct time.

	I'm guessing EDT is four hours ahead of UTC.

KC> The CMOS clock is set to local time and appears correct.

	So is there a  /etc/wall_cmos_clock file ? If not and you intend
to keep your CMOS clock on local time then you will need to touch this
file and run adjkerntz -i as root. The system clock is expected to be
running on UTC.

	See man adjkerntz for the gory details.

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