Re: how do I set the time on my PC?

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From: Geof Goodrum
Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 16:56

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On Fri, 28 Sep 2001 08:15:19 -0400,
<big_daddy.nospam@thediapersuperstore.com> wrote:
>Damon Riley <damonriley@alumni.umass.edu> wrote:
>> Hi.  I would guess this is a simple operation, yet I am unable to find
>> the right question or command.
>> I have looked unsuccessfully in 3 different books.  I hope someone here
>> will come to my aid again.
>
>> 'clock' and 'time' are both for measuring time.  I don't want to do
>> that, I just want my desktop clock
>> to display the correct time.  Right now it's about 7 minutes slow.
>
>From the command line:
>
>date --set 07:45

Using 'date' to set the system time is "Bad Practice" (see 'man hwclock'
for why).

Use 'hwclock' to set the hardware clock for the next reboot if the
machine is not network connected (also use the adjtime option), or use
ntp or ntpdate (part of ntp package) for network attached systems.

Geof

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