yep, i get exactly the same: plan9: % date Thu Aug 28 23:40:17 CET 2008 Linux host: $ date Thu Aug 28 20:06:02 CEST 2008 even the time difference seems to be the same. strange!
rgds John On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:24:32 -0500 "Alex Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 10:38 AM, ron minnich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > this is weird. So, to recap, your timezone is set correctly, and yet > > you are four hours off. > > > > A useful thing to do is cat /dev/time and see how it changes. > > > > The time from lguest is simple: you read a 64-bit # which is time. > > It's just like Xen that way. > > > > Also, try this to test another issue: > > > > date && sleep 60 && date > > > > Two things: should take 60 seconds by the watch and the two dates > > should report 60 seconds apart. > > > > Do they? > > > > ron > > I've doublechecked the timezone setting, and it appears to be correct. > The 'date' test seems to work fine: > > # date && sleep 60 && date > Thu Aug 28 15:52:19 CDT 2008 > Thu Aug 28 15:53:19 CDT 2008 > > Within a second of one another, I ran: > > lguest: cat /dev/time > 1219956674 1219956674748050432 1219956674748050432 4294967296 > host: date +%s > 1219943774 > > So lguest is 12900 seconds ahead (= 215 minutes, = 3 hrs 35 minutes). > John, are you getting the same? > > Best, > Alex > >