[CentOS] Strange issue with system time being off

[Russell Jones]

Thanks, I tried again, rebooted, still 5 hours off slow. The second I
do "hwclock --hctosys" the time is fine. That's silly to have to do
that though, I feel like I am missing a configuration parameter
somewhere.



[root at nod705 ~]# date
Thu Aug  9 10:06:36 CDT 2012

[root at nod705 ~]# hwclock
Thu 09 Aug 2012 03:06:39 PM CDT  -0.437183 seconds


[root at nod705 ~]# cat /etc/sysconfig/clock
# The ZONE parameter is only evaluated by system-config-date.
# The timezone of the system is defined by the contents of /etc/localtime.
ZONE="America/Chicago"
UTC=false
ARC=false



[root at nod705 ~]# cat /etc/adjtime
0.0     0       0.0
0
LOCAL





On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 2:56 PM, Craig White <craig.white at ttiltd.com> wrote:
>
> On Aug 9, 2012, at 12:33 PM, Russell Jones wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I am having an issue with some older CentOS 5.3 servers. Every time
>> the server boots, it gives the error "Cannot access the hardware clock
>> by any known method", and then promptly sets the time 5 hours behind
>> the hardware clock, down to the second.
>>
>> After the system is up. "hwclock" works fine. hwclock --debug does not
>> show any error at all.
>>
>> The hardware clock is configured in local time. /etc/sysconfig/clock
>> is set to UTC=false and ZONE="America/Chicago". /etc/localtime is a
>> copy of Chicago's zone file. /etc/adjtime is configured with "LOCAL"
>> as the third row. I am at a loss as to what is causing this.
>>
>> Any assistance is appreciated! Thanks!
> ----
> Chicago is GMT +5 if I recall correctly so it would seem that perhaps a previous install used UTC=true to set the hwclock
>
> after you get the time set (date -s "08/09/2012 14:54:00" or whatever) then set the hwclock to system time
>
> hwclock --systohc
>
> Craig
>
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