On Fri, Sep 16, 2005 at 02:43:04AM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote: > Just curious, why in /var/log/boot do we see that the system first is > in some UTC+16 timezone, > Thu Sep 15 19:15:51 2005: Setting the System Clock using the Hardware > Clock as reference... > Before it gets adjusted to my local Taiwan time, UTC+8: > Thu Sep 15 11:15:50 2005: System Clock set. Local time: Thu Sep 15 > 11:15:50 CST 2005 > My system runs perfectly. I'm just curious why in early boot stages it > is in UTC+16? Is this some kind of policy to make sure time only > jumps backward, and never forward, even if one lives in New Zealand, > during the boot process? > Check your system clock by going into the BIOS setup: if that has accidentally got set to the wrong time / you have a flat BIOS backup battery, you might get the above.
As it boots up, the system is looking at the hardware clock - whatever it's set to - _then_ it gets set off the network by ntpdate or some such? If the system is showing the correct time once it's up: use hwclock --systohc to set it correctly once. Andy - with a dead BIOS battery / clock in his firewall - a power cut means that I have to reset all settings before the thing will even boot up properly. > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]