On Sun, 6 Feb 2011, Buz Davis wrote:
To: centos@centos.org From: Buz Davis buzdavis@earthlink.net Subject: [CentOS] system clock
I am running CntOS 5 with Gnome. Every now and then I have noticed that the computer will somehow get the time wrong by several hours. Is there a simple way to adjust the time? So far the only way I have found is to boot into windows (it is a dual boot system), make the change there, and then get back into CentOS. Older versions of Red Hat and Fedora let you do it by right-clicking on the time display, if I recall correctly, but setting the time isn't one of the options in CentOS.
If you are connecting to the internet, you can use a program called ntpd:
Name : ntp Arch : i386 Version : 4.2.2p1 Release : 9.el5.centos.2.1 Size : 2.4 M Repo : installed Summary : Synchronizes system time using the Network Time Protocol (NTP). URL : http://www.ntp.org License : distributable Description: The Network Time Protocol (NTP) is used to synchronize a : computer's time with another reference time source. The ntp : package contains utilities and daemons that will synchronize : your computer's time to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) via : the NTP protocol and NTP servers. The ntp package includes : ntpdate (a program for retrieving the date and time from remote : machines via a network) and ntpd (a daemon which continuously : adjusts system time). : : Install the ntp package if you need tools for keeping your : system's time synchronized via the NTP protocol.
HTH
Keith Roberts
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