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ronandi

Member

From: US

Registered: 2008-04-26

Posts: 65

Incorrect time

Right now my time shows 12:56 when it is actually 2:56. how do I fix this?

My timezone is set to:

TIMEZONE="America/New_York"

I've also tried US/Eastern

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sessy

Member

Registered: 2006-01-20

Posts: 104

Re: Incorrect time

I suggest to install openntpd. Start it with /etc/rc.d/openmntpd start than and add it /etc/rc.conf.
Plus set the time in bios.

bgc1954

Member

From: Edmonton, AB, Canada

Registered: 2006-03-14

Posts: 1,160

Re: Incorrect time

There are lots of time problem posts on the forums and you can read through them if you like.  A lot of folks like to use ntp or openntpd.  See here: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NTP

Edit:  Darn sessy, you beat me by 16 seconds.  I gotta learn to think or type faster.

Last edited by bgc1954 (2008-12-13 20:15:47)

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Hrod beraht

Member

Registered: 2008-09-30

Posts: 186

Re: Incorrect time

Right now my time shows 12:56 when it is actually 2:56. how do I fix this?

Install openntpd to sync to time servers:

pacman -S openntpd

Edit /etc/rc.conf so your timezone is correct and openntpd runs at boot:

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LOCALIZATION
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...other stuff...
HARDWARECLOCK="UTC"
TIMEZONE="US/Eastern"
...other stuff...


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DAEMONS
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DAEMONS=(...other stuff...openntpd)

Reboot. Your clock will never be wrong again

Bob