> Adding rtc to /etc/modules solved it for me. I do not believe it is > necessary to manually add the device to /dev (at least it wasn't for > me). > > You can check this by running "modprobe rtc" manually, and then trying > hwclock again.
Worked for me, once hwclock was working I was able to fix my time using date and hwclock and it remained after a reboot. > apt-get install ntp ntpdate also fixed the problem, but I would rather not have the extra service if its not needed. -Thanks for all the help, John