date-clock problem

["Horace G. Friend III" <okee mail com>]

Hi,

This seems like a basic question but I just can't seem to hack it.

My motherboard batt. is about to go pfft and everytime I boot my pc (for
the past week) the system time is always delayed by about 2 hrs.

So I set it right with the date command [date MMDDhhmmCCYY]. Then I
re-booted to windows ('scuse me) and saw that the time displayed is
still incorrect (delayed by about 2 hrs).

So re-booted back to linux and checked the output of the date command
which turned out right as I have earlier set it to be.  Then I ran the
command clock which showed a different time.

I've read from the man pages that the date command reads or sets the
system date and time while the clock command determines the processor
time.

What's the difference between the system and processor time. Aren't they
supposed to be the same? If so how can I get them to be in sync?

Thanks.

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Horace G. Friend III
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