Time sync is foobar

[Craig White]

On Tue, 2011-08-16 at 09:17 +1000, Roger wrote:
> On 16/08/11 02:08, Steven Stern wrote:
> > On 08/15/2011 11:05 AM, Joe Zeff wrote:
> >> On 08/15/2011 08:52 AM, Steven Stern wrote:
> >>> This morning, the time is once again off.  It appears that ntp is not
> >>> synching time.  I see nothing unusual in /var/log/messages.
> >> Is it running fast or slow?  If it's slow, it could simply be that your
> >> CMOS battery is getting low.  Modern mobos are designed to do this as a
> >> warning.
> > It's running slow and I suspect the mobo battery is darn close to dead.
> >   I'll check that out.
> >
> OT - I have a problem between ubuntu 11 and Fedora 14, Fedora never 
> shows correct time, it's system time is 10 hours wrong because it will 
> not select the correct time zone. Ubuntu is correct.
> Roger
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sounds like one of them is set to use UTC and the other is not.

on Fedora, run the command (as root)

system-config-date

check the tab 'Date and Time', verify the time server, under 'Advanced
Options', you may want to uncheck the local time source

check the tab called 'Time Zone', change the time zone to whatever it
should be, check the option for 'system uses UTC clock'

Craig


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