Time issues between Winblows and FreeBSD on same system.

orv technews at giallarhorn.org
Sat Jul 3 18:17:11 PDT 2004


Eric Crist wrote:
> Hey all,
> 
> I've got a laptop with FreeBSD 5.2.1 and Windows XP.  Using network time
> update on freebsd, I can keep the time on my laptop accurate.  However,
> windows falls behind by about half an hour when I do so.  If I set
> Windows to use 'internet time', using the same time server
> (time.nist.gov), I get a difference of about 8 1/2 hours!
> 
> Anyone have a similar issue?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Found on Conan O'Brian:
> Children's books written by celebrities;
>    By Mel Gibson: Jesus Christ and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very
> Bad Day.
> 
> -----
> Keep your powder dry and your pecker hard and the world WILL turn.
> 
> -----
> Eric F Crist
> 
> 
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looks like you might be having a time zone issue.
Check to make sure FBSD and windows are configured with the same time zone.





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