On Wed, Oct 19, 2022 at 11:20:29PM +0200, Antony Stone wrote:
> On Wednesday 19 October 2022 at 23:16:51, Antony Stone wrote:
>
> > On Wednesday 19 October 2022 at 22:46:54, o1bigtenor via Dng wrote:
> > > How does one set the hardware clock so that it synchronizes with ntp?
> >
> > For me, "/etc/init.d/ntp restart" does the trick (takes a few seconds).
>
> Oh, and I realised you asked specifically about the *hardware* clock - that
> gets done automatically on shutdown.
>
> Do you need to synchronise the *hardware* clock during system run time? I
> can't think of anything which would use that in favour of the kernel clock.
You might want to sync the hardware clock so it's done beforem say, a power failure.
In any case, here's a copy of a web page I downloaded ages ago about time matters.
-- hendrik
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You have at least 2 methods for setting the date and time in Linux:
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<LI>You can set the time by hand, but be careful, lots of clocks tend to drift over time. The trick here to make the time stick across a reboot is to run the hwclock command as shown below</LI>
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<LI>You can use NTP (Network Time Protocol) to get accurate time from a network time server (Atomic Clock). I highly recommend using NTP to keep your time set correctly: <A HREF="ntp.html">ntp.html</A></LI>
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<b class="note">Note: Just using the date command alone will not cause the date to remain after a reboot. The date command sets the Linux system clock which is separate from the hardware clock. The "hwclock --utc --systohc" command is used to update the hardware clock with the date from the Linux system clock.</b><BR>
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Run the date command to make sure you have the correct time:
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[root@server /root]# <B>date</B>
Thu Sep 20 11:00:06 CDT 2001
[root@server /root]#
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If you have the wrong timezone set, use "timeconfig" or "linuxconf" to set the correct timezone.<BR>
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If your timezone is correct but the date and/or time needs updating, the following commands will update the date and time. The second command is needed in order to push the date and time into the PC clock.
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[root@server /root]# <B>date 092011082001</B>
Thu Sep 20 11:08:00 CDT 2001
[root@server /root]# <B>hwclock --utc --systohc</B>
[root@server /root]#
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