My clock is an hour fast

[hellomynameisphil]

   ~ % ls -l /etc/localtime

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 37 May  3 11:36 /etc/localtime -> /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Vancouver

My computer clock currently says 11:51 AM. According to every other clock, it's more like 10:51. Daylight Savings started a few months ago already, so it's not that.

 

I first noticed the issue this morning.

[whiteghost]

https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:AMD64/Full/Installation#Setting_the_date_and_time

[666threesixes666]

do you have ntpd or crony installed?  if so are they writing to the cmos at halt?

[hellomynameisphil]

do you have ntpd or crony installed?  if so are they writing to the cmos at halt?

 

Yes, chrony. How do I check if it writes to CMOS at halt?

[666threesixes666]

i dont know, i use ntpd...  

 

cat /etc/conf.d/hwclock

clock_hctosys="YES"

clock_systohc="YES"

 

mkultra@spaceball-1 ~ $ sudo /etc/init.d/hwclock status
* status: started

 

that makes the system read cmos time at start, and write cmos time at halt....  the kernel has some RTC stuff to do it also....  dig through the issue and start documenting solutions plz, im busy trying to figure out entropy stuff for ssl security.

 

"In-kernel method[edit]

On a sufficiently modern kernel (3.9 or newer), Linux can be configured to handle setting the system time automatically:

KERNEL
Device Drivers  --->
  [*] Real Time Clock  --->
    [*]   Set system time from RTC on startup and resume
    [*]   Set the RTC time based on NTP synchronization
The hwclock init script should not be ran when using the kernel's real time clock. Opting for this method will speed up the system's boot and shutdown processes slightly." -https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Ntp

 

i did document sufficiently ntpd, the kernel entry is not mine though.

 

did that work for you?  if not you're probably going to have to change your clocks adjustment thing /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Detroit

 

/etc/localtime -> /usr/share/zoneinfo/EST5EDT

 

uhhh for you its PST8PDT i think....

[hellomynameisphil]

I switched to ntp from chrony and now my time is correct. Thanks!