On Sat, 29 May 2004 10:44:59 -0700 "Mike McMullen" <mlm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > 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 You're right, just checked: hwclock is automatically called by /etc/init.d/halt: runcmd $"Syncing hardware clock to system time" /sbin/hwclock $CLOCKFLAGS Sorry for the noise =} (haven't dealt with that in a long time...) Best, Andre -- Andre Oliveira da Costa
