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Re: something fishy with date...




"clock -w" will update the Real Time Clock of your computer. "date" just
updates the kernel clock.

On Mon, 15 Feb 1999, Nezer Zaidenberg (DL-S)(22304) wrote:

> when i use date to set the time it always return to the previos time after
> i reboot (i.e. it doesn't change the bios time...) to solve this i have
> changed the time in the BIOS and everything is working fine...
> p.s. the correct time was set , only when i rebooted it changed back.
> (i saw in Linux in a Nutshell a command called clock which i haven't tried
> yet because the problem is already solved. but.... why do the date command
> doesnt work?)
> 
> (I am using Red Hat 5.2 with 2.2.1 kernel. on MSI 6120 motherboard , AMI
> bios)
> 
> 
>                              Ciao , Cheers and C'ya
>                            Nezer Zaidenberg AKA scipio
> 
>     "work is the curse of the drinking class"
> 		                              -Oscar Wilde
> 
>