Hello,

my date is set to timezone /Europe/Brussels, so when I choose 'adjust
date & time' current timezone says CEST. This all seems to be normal,
but every time I reboot, my pc-clock is being turned back for about
30-40 minutes.
For instance, my mobile says it's 11h23 right now, but my Gentoo says
10h45. When I correct that and reboot, same thing happens. Can anyone
explain this, or even better: solve it

Regards,

Kristof.

Kristof wrote:
> Hello,
>
> my date is set to timezone /Europe/Brussels, so when I choose 'adjust
> date & time' current timezone says CEST. This all seems to be normal,
> but every time I reboot, my pc-clock is being turned back for about
> 30-40 minutes.
> For instance, my mobile says it's 11h23 right now, but my Gentoo says
> 10h45. When I correct that and reboot, same thing happens. Can anyone
> explain this, or even better: solve it
>
> Regards,
>
> Kristof.
Yeah, setting time in Linux seems to be a pain. Especially when you dual
boot with a retarded Windows install.
Anyway, as far as I can tell, you probably need to set your hwclock. Try
doing it with hwclock -w -u once you have date set correctly.
I use:
root $ /etc/init.d/ntp-client start
root $ hwclock -w -u

and everything seems to be ok, at least until the next time I boot windows.

Kristof enlightened us with:
> my date is set to timezone /Europe/Brussels, so when I choose
> 'adjust date & time' current timezone says CEST. This all seems to
> be normal, but every time I reboot, my pc-clock is being turned back
> for about 30-40 minutes.

That's due to a faulty setting in /etc/adjtime. Use NTP to set your
clock correctly, and then remove that file.

Sybren
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Ben O'Brien wrote:
> Kristof wrote:
>
>>my date is set to timezone /Europe/Brussels, so when I choose 'adjust
>>date & time' current timezone says CEST. This all seems to be normal,
>>but every time I reboot, my pc-clock is being turned back for about
>>30-40 minutes.
>
> Yeah, setting time in Linux seems to be a pain. Especially when you dual
> boot with a retarded Windows install.
> [snip]
> and everything seems to be ok, at least until the next time I boot windows.

In /etc/rc.conf :
> # Set CLOCK to "UTC" if your system clock is set to UTC (also known as
> # Greenwich Mean Time). If your clock is set to the local time, then set CLOCK
> # to "local". This setting is used by the /etc/init.d/clock script.
>
> CLOCK="local"

Windows keeps the hardware clock at local time. If you dual-boot,
setting CLOCK="local" may help.

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Ben M.