Reseting system clocks

[Chuck Ciesinski]

We have an L-class system which for some unknown reason has 'lost' ten minutes. Is there an easy way to reset the system clock forward say from 9:05 am to 9:15 am?

Any and all help will be appreciated.

Chuck Ciesinski

[Fabio Ettore · Accepted solution]

Hi,

by SAM.

SAM ---> Time ---> System clock

Adjust time and OK.

HTH.

Best regards,
Ettore

[Bryan D. Quinn]

Hey Chuck,

You can use the date command.

How long did it take for the time to drop back ten minutes? Was it a trickle or relatively quick?

Sounds like you might need a new battery on your system board.

Hope this helps!

-Bryan

[Bryan D. Quinn]

Hey Chuck,

Sorry, I meant to provide and example with the date command:

To use date command to set to April 22 09:15:

date 04220915

-Bryan

[sparky_2]

You can use "ntpdate" which will update your clock based on the time obtained from the Network Time Protocol server specified.
Note that you can configure your /etc/ntp.conf and /etc/rc.config.d/netdaemons files to ensure that your clock is keeping time consistently.

[eran maor]

Hi

user the command date to change it with this syntax :
# date mmddhhmm

eran maor

[Chuck Ciesinski]

To all who replied,

Thank you for your quick response. The server lost the 10 minutes in about 5 days. WE have adjusted the clocks and are now engaging a 'synch' program and background daemon..

Again, much thanks,

Chuck Ciesinski