> > Richard Melville wrote: > > Can anybody explain why this is happening; I'm getting some software > > failing on time/date issues and I think it might be due to this:- > > > > date && date -u returns:- > > > > Tue 1 Oct 17:16:01 BST 2013 > > Tue 1 Oct 16:16:26 UTC 2013 > > > > As you can see instead of a one hour difference I'm getting one hour and > 25 > > secs. I've tried this a number of times and it fluctuates around the one > > hour and thirty seconds mark. I have ntp installed but it makes no > > difference. Generally, the system runs OK. > > What do you get with `ntpq -p` > > -- Bruce >
ntp -p returns:- remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset jitter ============================================================= +kvm02-vps.cleve 31.193.9.2 3 u 17 1024 377 25.130 0.444 1.359 -mail1.ugh.no 87.195.109.207 3 u 759 1024 377 25.171 1.858 0.419 *sexrobot.omg.omg 103.7.151.4 2 u 1008 1024 377 20.553 -1.584 1.428 +hemel-hempstead 140.203.204.77 2 u 60m 1024 370 25.493 0.268 0.560 Looks reasonable to me Bruce -- not sure about a sexrobot though :-) > Assuming /etc/localtime points to a location like > /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/London, you may test a change to > /usr/share/zoneinfo/posix/Europe/London. If BST=UTC+1 then it's a "leap > seconds" issue. > > Pierre > > I don't appear to have either the "posix" directory or the "right" directory. As I was building a stripped-down system I must have followed the suggestion to omit them, and now, maybe, this has come back to bite me. I'm assuming that I can install them now. Richard
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