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beast123

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Registered: 2008-09-11

Posts: 20

[SOLVED]Time is incorrect

Hello

WHen I booted up today at 11:53AM, the time was wrong. Here is what date spits out

Sun Mar 15 06:53:16 EST 2009

I tried the command

/usr/bin/ntpdate ntp1.cs.wisc.edu

and that got me closer to the correct time, but it is still behind one hour. It is currently 12PM here but it is showing 11AM. Any ideas how to fix this?

Oh and here is my rc.conf

#
# /etc/rc.conf - Main Configuration for Arch Linux
#

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# LOCALIZATION
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# LOCALE: available languages can be listed with the 'locale -a' command
# HARDWARECLOCK: set to "UTC" or "localtime"
# USEDIRECTISA: use direct I/O requests instead of /dev/rtc for hwclock
# TIMEZONE: timezones are found in /usr/share/zoneinfo
# KEYMAP: keymaps are found in /usr/share/kbd/keymaps
# CONSOLEFONT: found in /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts (only needed for non-US)
# CONSOLEMAP: found in /usr/share/kbd/consoletrans
# USECOLOR: use ANSI color sequences in startup messages
#
LOCALE="en_US.utf8"
HARDWARECLOCK="UTC"
USEDIRECTISA="no"
TIMEZONE="EST"
KEYMAP="us"
CONSOLEFONT=
CONSOLEMAP=
USECOLOR="yes"

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# HARDWARE
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# MOD_AUTOLOAD: Allow autoloading of modules at boot and when needed
# MOD_BLACKLIST: Prevent udev from loading these modules
# MODULES: Modules to load at boot-up. Prefix with a ! to blacklist.
#
# NOTE: Use of 'MOD_BLACKLIST' is deprecated. Please use ! in the MODULES array.
#
MOD_AUTOLOAD="yes"
#MOD_BLACKLIST=() #deprecated
MODULES=(r8169 iwl4965 snd-mixer-oss snd-pcm-oss snd-hwdep 
snd-page-alloc snd-pcm snd-timer snd snd-hda-intel soundcore vboxdrv !snd_pcsp !pcspkr)

# Scan for LVM volume groups at startup, required if you use LVM
USELVM="no"

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# NETWORKING
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# HOSTNAME: Hostname of machine. Should also be put in /etc/hosts
#
HOSTNAME="localhost"

# Use 'ifconfig -a' or 'ls /sys/class/net/' to see all available interfaces.
#
# Interfaces to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each interface then list in INTERFACES
#   - prefix an entry in INTERFACES with a ! to disable it
#   - no hyphens in your interface names - Bash doesn't like it
# 
# DHCP:     Set your interface to "dhcp" (eth0="dhcp")
# Wireless: See network profiles below
#
eth0="dhcp"
wlan0="dhcp"
INTERFACES=(!eth0 !wlan0)

# Routes to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each route then list in ROUTES
#   - prefix an entry in ROUTES with a ! to disable it
#
gateway="default gw 192.168.0.1"
ROUTES=(!gateway)
 
# Enable these network profiles at boot-up.  These are only useful
# if you happen to need multiple network configurations (ie, laptop users)
#   - set to 'menu' to present a menu during boot-up (dialog package required)
#   - prefix an entry with a ! to disable it
#
# Network profiles are found in /etc/network.d
#
# This now requires the netcfg package
#
#NETWORKS=(main)

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# DAEMONS
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# Daemons to start at boot-up (in this order)
#   - prefix a daemon with a ! to disable it
#   - prefix a daemon with a @ to start it up in the background
#
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng netfs crond fcron sata_sil oss hal wicd !dhcdbd !networkmanager fam alsa)

Last edited by beast123 (2009-03-15 17:00:25)

ataraxia

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From: Pittsburgh

Registered: 2007-05-06

Posts: 1,553

Re: [SOLVED]Time is incorrect

You have the wrong TIMEZONE setting. The one you picked ignores DST. You should set it to "America/New_York" or "US/Eastern".

wonder

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From: Bucharest, Romania

Registered: 2006-07-05

Posts: 5,941

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Re: [SOLVED]Time is incorrect

the timezone you'll get from /usr/share/zoneinfo/ then put it in rc.conf

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Give what you have. To someone, it may be better than you dare to think.

beast123

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Registered: 2008-09-11

Posts: 20

Re: [SOLVED]Time is incorrect

Thanks. I changed it to US/Eastern and it synced now

the timezone you'll get from /usr/share/zoneinfo/ then put it in rc.conf

When I was installing, that is actually what I did. I saw EST and decided that matched was what I needed so thats what I put in my rc.conf. Oh well lesson learned

Thanks again for your help guys