On Saturday 20 June 2015 05:53:47 Curt wrote: > On 2015-06-19, Nick <n...@nickbooker.uk> wrote: > > On 17/06/15 17:56, Curt wrote: > >> That's strange; I always thought you had to set the hardware clock > >> (hwclock) for the modified date and time to survive a reboot. > > > > I always thought the current time on the system clock was saved back > > to the hardware clock again during shutdown too. > > Not according to the wiki here: > https://wiki.debian.org/DateTime > > Set the time manually > > When setting the time manually, the time string may be confusing. The > command date --set ... accepts <snip>. > > date --set 1998-11-02 > date --set 21:08:00 > > The above two commands set the system date to second of November, > 1998, and system time to eight minutes past nine, PM. > > Note, this has no effect on the underlying hardware's hardware clock. > When the system next boots, it will revert back to the original date > and time (relatively speaking). > > Setting the hardware clock > > To write the correct current system time to the hardware clock so the > system comes up with the correct date and time, correct the system > time as above, then see command hwclock > > Nor the system administration doc here: > https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/system-administrator/ch-sysadmin-ti >me.html > > If you use the date command to change time, it is worth setting also > the hardware clock to the correct time. Otherwise, the time is wrong > after the next reboot, since the hardware clock keeps the time when > power is turned off. When the clock in the operating system shows the > correct time, set the hardware clock like this: > > To hedge my bets, perhaps something has escaped me.
Most folks keep the hardware clock on GMT, and then the automatic translations of tzdata govern the local clock. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/201506200721.06302.ghesk...@wdtv.com
