RE: date

RE: date

[Holmes, Steve]

>From the stuff I've read before on the subject, I thought the date command
wouldn't update the hardware clock but the clock command would; hence the
script I posted up here several days ago.  Basically, I did a netdate deal
to pull the time from a time server and then used the clock command to
update it if the netdate command was successful. I generally use the date
command in a alias with the %mm%yy%dd construct to give me a quick date/time
command I can run from the keyboard.

-----Original Message-----
From: Jason [mailto:unleet@qwest.net]
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 3:22 PM
To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca
Subject: Re: date


AFAIK time will update automatically if you store it in the hardware clock
in 
GMT, but not in local time.

(being that I live in Arizona, I don't much care personally, we don't have 
daylight savings)

On Wednesday October 31, 2001 03:17 pm, you wrote:
> Weird.  On both my slackware and debian systems the time updated
> automatically.

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Re: date

[Jason]

I meant the system time automatically updating for daylight savings should 
happen if you have your time zone set properly, and your hardware clock set 
for GMT.


> From the stuff I've read before on the subject, I thought the date command
> wouldn't update the hardware clock but the clock command would; hence the
> script I posted up here several days ago.  Basically, I did a netdate deal
> to pull the time from a time server and then used the clock command to
> update it if the netdate command was successful. I generally use the date
> command in a alias with the %mm%yy%dd construct to give me a quick
> date/time command I can run from the keyboard.
> AFAIK time will update automatically if you store it in the hardware clock
> in
> GMT, but not in local time.
> > Weird.  On both my slackware and debian systems the time updated
> > automatically.
>

date

[Tyler Spivey]

as root:
date --set "hh:mm:ss"
date --set "mm/dd/yy hh:mm:ss"
i don't know if date formats are resected, man date.

Re: date

[Raul A . Gallegos]

Weird.  On both my slackware and debian systems the time updated
automatically.
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Re: date

[Jason]

AFAIK time will update automatically if you store it in the hardware clock in 
GMT, but not in local time.

(being that I live in Arizona, I don't much care personally, we don't have 
daylight savings)

On Wednesday October 31, 2001 03:17 pm, you wrote:
> Weird.  On both my slackware and debian systems the time updated
> automatically.

Re: date

[Deedra Waters]

nods is wierd, because on the other computer with debian I think the clock
updates automatically also, but this one doesn't.
thanks for help guys was missing the -s, or --set when I was trying to do
it.

On Wed, 31 Oct 2001, Raul A . Gallegos wrote:

> Weird.  On both my slackware and debian systems the time updated
> automatically.
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> Network Operations Center 9300 Metcalf Ave. Overland Park, KS 66212
> Office:913/534.5603	PCS:913/488.3011
> mailto:raul.a.gallegos@mail.sprint.com
> 
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Re: date

[Janina Sajka]

rdate -s [server.address]

So, for example:

rdate -s time-a.nist.gov

If you want your clock to shift between daylight and standard time 
automatically, you must set your hw clock to UTC.


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Re: date

[Buddy Brannan]

I don't have my HW clock set to UTC, (at least, not that I recall);
but I did set my time zone to US/Central (or Chicago, I forget which),
and my time updated for me...
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Re: date

[Gregory Nowak]

Just to add to this discusion,
I have the same clock setup as Buddy, and the only thing that updated
for me was cdt to cst, not the actual hour.
Greg


On Wed, Oct 31, 2001 at 05:44:05PM -0600, Buddy Brannan wrote:
> I don't have my HW clock set to UTC, (at least, not that I recall);
> but I did set my time zone to US/Central (or Chicago, I forget which),
> and my time updated for me...
> -- 
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> Email: davros@ycardz.com | Life pushes up through the cracks.
> Phone: (972) 276-6360    | And it's only going forward,
> ICQ: 36621210            | And it's never going back.--Small Potatoes
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Re: date

[Adam Myrow]

As I understand it, Linux will adjust for daylight savings time provided 
your computer is on at the time.  For example, I left mine on overnight, 
and the logs showed the default marks at 20-minute intervals and they went 
from 1:04, 1:24, 1:44, and back to 1:04.  At that point, the computer had 
adjusted the time back one hour.  Windows, if set to adjust the clock will 
continue to adjust it several days after the change on power up.  I know 
the other machine I've booted into Windows adjusted the time on Monday when 
first powered up and showed a dialog asking to verify that they'd done the 
right thing.  Anybody know how long after the change Windows will adjust if 
it is turned on?  I turned off the option since I knew Linux would be up 
and running at the time and would do the change.

Re: date

[Kirk Wood]

A quicker command line is to simply type
date MMDDhhmmYY
That is month, date, hour, minute, year

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Re: date

[jwantz]

Hi,
An even simpler way to set system date back to standard is:
date --set '1 hour ago'
My date did set correctly without me doing anything.

     Jim Wantz WB0TFK
On Wed, 31 Oct
2001, Kirk Wood wrote:

> A quicker command line is to simply type
> date MMDDhhmmYY
> That is month, date, hour, minute, year
>
> =======
> Kirk Wood
> Cpt.Kirk@1tree.net
>
> "When I take action, I'm not going to fire a $2 million missle at
> a $10 empty tent and hit a camel in the butt. It's going to be decisive."
> 	- President George Bush
>
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