Jude,
Now I am confused by the laptop lacking hardware comment..freely owning I
might be missing something here.
Every computer I have ever owned, laptop or desktop contains a battery
that has the role of keeping some baseline functions going like the clock.
Sometimes its failing is a hint at greater problems, like a motherboard
or battery quality..but it keeps the time.
Some too can draw time information if requested.
Still, the ability to set time and date are so basic to computer use I am
kind of amazed it is a complex program in Linux..why?
Especially given how many Linux distributions run servers and other data
and information related services?
Karen