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Re: [opensuse-factory] wrong system time if no NTP (local hwclock)
  • From: Ken Schneider <suse-list3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 08:38:48 -0400
  • Message-id: <48259758.6000003@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Felix Miata pecked at the keyboard and wrote:
1
/etc/adjtime from my 10.2 server:
0.000101 1204753900 0.000000
1204753900
LOCAL

/etc/adjtime from the Factory box I was using today:
0.000234 1210343800 0.000000
1210343800
LOCAL

Both are multiboot systems with the hardware clock set to local (GMT-0400)
time. Why are they different?


Because the electronics in each are not 100% exactly the same so you get some differences in timing. Even two identical machines will have different values, hence the need for NTP.

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Ken Schneider
SuSe since Version 5.2, June 1998
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