system time

[jwantz at babel.hpcc.noaa.gov]

Hi Charley,
Yes, there is--rdate, ntpdate and netdate to name three of them.  That's 
not what he wanted.  In most distros there is a file called 
/etc/localtime.  It sets what time zone your system is using.  The file 
is not in plain text.  The program in Redhat to manipulate this file is 
timeconfig.  I use a script that I put in /etc/cron.daily that uses 
netdate to query the 4  
nearest NIST servers to set the system time.  It then calls hwclock to 
set the hardware clock.
On Thu, 10 Oct 2002, 
Charles Crawford wrote:

> I thought there was a program to have the system clock set by NIST.
> 
> -- charlie Crawford.
>   At 02:49 PM 10/10/02 -0400, you wrote:
> >Hi,
> >You can run timeconfig and up and down arrow your time choices.  When
> >you find  the correct time setting you can tab and press enter on the OK
> >button.  It seems to be exactly the same program that is called during
> >install.  Of course you must be root to run the program.
> >
> >      Jim Wantz WB0TFK
> >On Thu, 10 Oct
> >2002, Richard Villa wrote:
> >
> > > While installing RH 8, I messed up my time setting.
> > >
> > > Does someone know where the system stores the parameters for setting the
> > > time?  It must be an offset value which tells the system how many hours to
> > > add or subtract from GMT time.
> > >
> > > Richard
> > >
> > > If you are going to burn all of your bridges, you better be able to walk on
> > > water.
> > >
> > >
> > >
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