F8 & F9: Date & Time

[Aaron Konstam]

On Fri, 2008-08-01 at 09:30 -0700, Daniel B. Thurman wrote:
> i386 (i686)
> 
> In F8, on every reboot, the date and/or time settings get really
> messed up.  I am not allowed to set the 'adjust Date & Time'
> settings via the "tool" (upper-right corner) even when I log
> in as root - the Calendar/Time dialog is greyed-out, meaning
> it is not available so I have to resort to the date command-line
> setting to get it right.  Even tho, a reboot screws it up all over
> again.  The screwed up date/time setting is not fixed via the
> ntp setting I think because it is so far out of date/time?
> 
> In F9, same as in F8, except that I am allowed to set the date/time
> via the GUI interface.
> 
> What gives?
> 
> Dan
> 
Two things: ntp will not correct the time if it is more than 1 hour off
Two, when you reboot the system time is reset from the BIOS time. Is
your BIOS time stable. Your BIOS battery being weak will cause that to
happen,
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