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[michael stone <mailguy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The easiest way I have found to set the time is to use ntp.  Put the
following lines in your /etc/ntp.conf file:

server ntp.cc.utexas.edu
server ntp2.cs.utexas.edu
server timex.peachnet.edu

I don't know where you are at, but you can probably google for some ntp
servers closer to your area.  These servers should get you close enough
for government work.

Finally, start ntp with:
	/etc/init.d/xntpd start

And you can make it start every time you boot the machine with:
	insserv xntpd

ntp will check that the clock is in sync every few minutes, and it will
set the hardware clock at boot and shutdown.

hth,
--
Michael Stone
Linux / High Performance Computing Administrator

The University of Texas at Austin
Mechanical Engineering Department
ETC 3.130     ph: 471.5951
agentsmith[at]mail.utexas.edu

http://hpc.me.utexas.edu

On Fri, 29 Aug 2003, William Westfall wrote:

> My time and date are totally screwed up. When I try and use YaST it
> comes up with an error.
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> Is there a bash command to force a time date change upon the system?
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