(forw) Re: [ILUG] Set time correctly [WAS] Compiling new kernel

[conor at discuskeeping.com]

Quoting Kae Verens <kae at webworks.ie>:

> les davis wrote:
>
>> Sorry Rick, I just hit reply with out thinking.
>
>
> Christ, man! here - put this in your console as root:
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> date -s "Mon Sep 12 11:19:00 GMT 2005"

Better to use ntp surely. If he is posting from his linux box, then it has
intarweb access.

Configure ntpclient Les, its soooo easy you would not believe it.

$ man ntpdate
or if using redhat:

# system-config-date

So then, why use ntp rather than just changing the time a la main?
Well, unless you have an atomic closk in you PC, then the clock will drift on
its owny own, and ntp is dead easy.

> Kae

Regards
Conor.