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Jonathan Callen <jcallen@g.o> wrote: |
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> On 05/26/2014 03:44 PM, covici@××××××××××.com wrote: |
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> > Hi. I have noticed that when I bootup using systemd, till I run |
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> > ntpdate, the times are 4 hours earlier than they should be. Do I |
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> > need an hwclock unit somewhere, or some other command to fix? I |
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> > don't think the clock is actually wrong, its got to have something |
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> > to do with the timezone. |
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> > |
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> > Thanks in advance for any suggestions. |
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> > |
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> |
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> First, make sure that the system time zone is correct by making sure |
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> that /etc/localtime is a symlink to your current timezone (in |
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> /usr/share/zoneinfo). |
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> |
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> If the only operating system you boot on the machine is Linux (or, |
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> generally, if you *don't* use Windows): |
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> |
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> 1) Set your BIOS clock to the current time *in UTC*. |
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> 2) Ensure that the last line of /etc/adjtime reads "UTC" (instead of |
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> "LOCAL") |
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> |
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> If you *do* dual-boot to Windows (and don't want to use the |
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> unsupported methods to make Windows aware that the BIOS time is UTC): |
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> |
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> 1) Set your BIOS clock to the current *local* time |
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> 2) Ensure that the last line of /etc/adjtime reads "LOCAL" (instead of |
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> "UTC"). |
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> |
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> If you dual-boot Windows 7 or earlier and want to use that unsupported |
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> method mentioned above: |
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> |
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> 1) Set your BIOS clock to the current time *in UTC*. |
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> 2) Ensure that the last line of /etc/adjtime reads "UTC" (instead of |
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> "LOCAL") |
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> 3) In Windows, in the registry key |
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> "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\TimeZoneInformation" |
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> set the value "RealTimeIsUniversal" (a DWORD if you have to create it) |
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> to "1". |
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> |
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> If you use Windows 8, in addition to the above, you have to disable |
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> Windows from ever writing the time to the BIOS clock, otherwise on |
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> shutdown it will reset the BIOS time to local time. |
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OK, thanks, I have no /etc/adjtime at all, and I have two files, |
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/etc/localtime (not a link) and /etc/timezone. Should I delete the |
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later and change the former to a link? |
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-- |
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Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: |
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How do |
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you spend it? |
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John Covici |
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covici@××××××××××.com |
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