On Sun, 6 Feb 2011, Buz Davis wrote: > To: centos at centos.org > From: Buz Davis <buzdavis at 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Websites: http://www.karsites.net http://www.php-debuggers.net http://www.raised-from-the-dead.org.uk All email addresses are challenge-response protected with TMDA [http://tmda.net] -----------------------------------------------------------------