> IIRC, if you don't set hardware clock afterwards, new time won't "stick" > after a reboot. I guess you should use > > hwclock --hctosys > > after the 'date' command. hwclock can also set the date/time directly, > check its manpage. > > HTH > > Andre > > PS: UTC/localtime might also be an issue if you're running a dual-boot > machine, because settings for one OS might differ from the other. > Maybe it's hardware specific but when I reboot or shutdown one of the last messages displayed is something like "saving time to system clock". Using date hasn't been an issue for me. Mike
