System reads/stores wrong UTC

[danny_s]

Hi everybody,

whenever I reboot Gentoo, the date and time settings are totally screwed up. Usually, I adjust the date and time (both local and UTC), but after a reboot, these settings are gone.

Example:
- UTC adjusted to 21 Apr 2003 08:30 am,
- local time (as displayed in the Gnome menu bar) becomes 10:30 (correct),
- reboot,
- new date/time is 21 Apr 2003 08:03 am. (Sometimes, even the day and month is changed.)

Assumption:
I've checked the BIOS settings between reboots: The OS seems to read/store a wrong UTC when booting and shutting down.

Hardware/System:
I have a SONY VAIO with Gentoo 1.4 and kernel 2.5.66 running. The problems started a few days ago. Before it, I've had both RedHat and Gentoo runnig fine for several months.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!


Danny

[Esben]

Many motherboard clocks are really weird... e.g. this box. It works great until it is turned off... but then it can drift hours in just a day.

Anyway, the solution I use was to emerge ntp & configure it. That way, your system time will be set at bootup with frigtening accuracy.
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[danny_s]

Excellent idea! Thank you very much!!