>
> From: "Robert P. J. Day" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>
> i am getting increasingly baffled with what my HW clock and system
> clock are doing on my dell inspiron.
>
> i started with both clocks set to 11 am wednesday and, on my dell,
> i can pop into the bios whenever i want to see the HW clock. it
> agreed with both "date" and "hwclock --show". and
> /etc/sysconfig/clock showed "UTC=false". so far, so good.
>
> just for fun, i ran
>
> # hwclock --systohc
>
> since both clocks agree, this shouldn't have made any difference,
> yes? suddenly, both the system clock and hw clock show 7 am -- four
> hours earlier.
>
> should i have expected this?
>
> rday
>
See 'man hwclock.'
" hwclock --systohc
Set the Hardware Clock to the current System Time."
If your hardware clock was correct, and your system clock was 4
hours off, your hardware clock is now also 4 hours off.
Additionally, hwclock --set or hwclock --systohc makes note of the
time difference between the hardware and system clock in the file
/etc/adjtime. The system tries to compensate for the difference using
this file; ie., assumes a drift.
If you do hwclock --hctosys after setting your CMOS clock to the
correct time, it should get things straight. To keep it from changing
make sure that /etc/adjtime shows zeros. Here's mine:
0.000.0
0
Regards,
Tom
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