Hi OK, here's some intersting info, obviously more so for Debian users: Package: ntp Priority: optional Section: net Installed-Size: 344 Maintainer: Bdale Garbee <bdale at gag.com> Architecture: i386 Version: 1:4.1.1b-4 Replaces: xntp,xntp3 Depends: ntp-simple | ntp-refclock, debconf, libc6 (>= 2.3.2-1), libreadline4 (>= 4.3-1) Suggests: ntpdate,ntp-doc Conflicts: chrony Filename: pool/main/n/ntp/ntp_4.1.1b-4_i386.deb Size: 135942 MD5sum: 468e62a297ccd582da507ea8ab0994c0 Description: Daemon and utilities for full NTP v4 timekeeping participation The Network Time Protocol allows for the synchronization of clocks on networked computers. The ntpd daemon implements NTP, allowing Unix systems to participate in this synchronization. . To minimize resource consumption in the general case, this package no longer includes the actual daemon. You will need either ntp-simple or ntp-refclock, depending on whether you want the drivers for radio clocks included in the refclock version of the daemon. . NTP was designed with attention to details which might introduce systematic bias into the computations, and the protocol is capable of synchronizing with even the most precise external time sources. . For more information on how NTP works, and how to configure a campus of ntpd daemons, load the optional Debian package 'ntp-doc'. Gena >I was looking for NTP and couldn't remember what those darn time servers are >called. Now that I am armed with this information, I'll look for a package. >It must be age or something. You forget the stupidest things. > > Rejean Proulx >Visit my family at http://interfree.ca >MSN is: rejp at rogers.com >Ham License VA3REJ > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <gena-j at ntlworld.com> >To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> >Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 4:09 PM >Subject: Re: My Clock Is Confused > > >> Hi >> >> Or you could simply install a package that gets the time from a ntp >> server such as chrony or ntp. There are plenty of open access servers >> around the world. >> >> Gena >> >> >Yeah, the syntax of date is pretty weird. >> > >> >In a nutshell, you want to pass 8 digits to the date command >> >Digits 1 and 2 specify the month (I.E. 10 for October). >> > >> >Digits 3 and 4 specify the day (I.E. 06 for the 6th day of the month). >> > >> >Digits 5 and 6 specify the hour (I.E. 14 for 2 P.M.) (remember that >> >you're dealing with a 24 hour clock here). It's possible to specify >> >the hour in 12 hour format with an A or P at the end of the number >> >string, but I've always used 24 hour format for this, so haven't tried >> >the A or P myself. >> > >> >The final 7 and 8 digits specify the minute (I.E. 40 for the 40th >> >minute). >> > > >So, for example, if you wanted to set your clock to October 06th, >> >14:40, you would do as root >> >"date 10061440" >> >and that should do it, preserving whatever time zone you've got set at >> >the time. What I mean by that, is that only the hour/minute will >> >change, but your time zone won't. >> > >> >Wonder why they didn't implement the date and time changes separately >> >in unix, would have sure made things less confusing for newbies to >> >learn. >> > >> >Hth. >> > >> >Greg >> > >> >P.S., once you've got this set, you won't need to worry about it, >> >assuming your cmos battery has charge of course to keep the clock >> >going when your machine is off. >> > >> >On Mon, Oct 06, 2003 at 01:38:50PM -0400, Rejean Proulx wrote: >> >> OK, I've done that and it was correct. Now I have to reset my clock. >I ran >> >> base-config, just the first part of it and told it that my clock is not >UTC. >> >> Now I am 4 hours behind. If I tell it my hardware clock is UTC then it >puts >> >> me 4 hours ahead. How to I reset the clock to the right time and run a >> >> program to keep it that way? I tried the date command and the >parameters >> >> are strange. I haven't been able to get it right yet. >> >> >> >> Rejean Proulx >> >> Visit my family at http://interfree.ca >> >> MSN is: rejp at rogers.com >> >> Ham License VA3REJ >> >> >> > >> >-- >> >Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org >> > >> > >> >_______________________________________________ >> >Speakup mailing list >> >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
