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vjoe

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From: Milton Keynes

Registered: 2008-06-14

Posts: 72

Messed up time and date

Hey guys,

For some reason, after the Summer Time change, my computer clock is all messed up. Fixing it on the BIOS or Arch doesn't prevent it from being messed up after the next boot. It basically changes to random times every boot.

Any thoughts on what the cause might be?!

Thank you

Last edited by vjoe (2011-06-07 22:32:59)

ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

Posts: 19,772

Re: Messed up time and date

Hey guys,
...
It basically changes to random times every boot....

Random, as in the minutes and seconds are wrong,
or Random, as in the hour is unpredictable, but the minutes are okay?

You might also check out this article on time skew.  Perhaps your time skew value is corrupt.

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vjoe

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From: Milton Keynes

Registered: 2008-06-14

Posts: 72

Re: Messed up time and date

Thank you for your help ewaller.

I've removed the timeskew file and reset the hardware clock on the BIOS. However, when I booted Arch, it had +1 hour. I fixed it by setting the sysclock the same as the hcclock, but I would like prevent this from happening in the future.

My time zone and time standard are correct.