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Randy Barlow wrote: |
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> "Spring Forward". I use ntp and the like, and it seems happy being |
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> behind by an hour. I can use the date command to set it correctly, but |
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> after the next reboot it's back to its old games. Pointers? |
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Check that you have your timezones set correctly. Unix systems track time in |
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UTC or Greenwich Mean Time*, that internal date is then converted to local |
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time using the timezone you set. During that conversion process DST |
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adjustment happens, too. All that ntp does is make sure that your system |
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time in UTC is correct. If your conversion to local time is incorrect, ntp |
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can do nothing about it. Similarly, the hardware clock is also set to UTC. |
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Your problem, especially considering you run ntp, seems to be a |
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UTC-to-local-time conversion issue rather than an incorrectly adjusted UTC |
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clock. |
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HTH, |
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Anno. |
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*) Actually in number-of-seconds since January 1, 1970, 00:00 UTC. |
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