system time mysteriously changes

[Kevin Smith]

The time changed to exactly +8 hours ahead...(minutes did not 
change)..Any ideas ?

-K


Kevin Smith wrote:

> Mario Hoerich wrote:
>
>> # Kevin Smith:
>>  
>>
>>> I'm having a problem with my system clock.  The time will be fine 
>>> for a few days, then all of a sudden, I will notice that it has 
>>> jumped ahead by a number of hours (usually enough to change the day 
>>> to the next day).   
>>
>>
>> Does the number of hours vary or is it constant?
>>  
>>
> I'll check when it does it again. I recall it being +7 hours ahead.
>
>>
>>  
>>
>>> Any ideas on what could be wrong ?  I also have ntpd running, which 
>>> I used as an attempt to keep the clock set correctly (in effort to 
>>> find a solution to the problem), but it does not appear to be able 
>>> to handle correcting the time.
>>>   
>>
>>
>> Could you check which timezone the "advanced" time is displayed
>> in? Sounds like some application assumes -say- UTC instead of PST.
>>  
>>
> I'm pretty sure that the "advanced" time stayed at PST (ie the time 
> zone did not change).  But I'll check again...
>
> btw,  I did another experiment.  I powered off the system for 12 hours 
> and restarted it. The time was still correct, so I guess that rules 
> out motherboard battery.
>
>> Obviously, even ntp couldn't fix that, since the time is
>> actually valid (just not your current localtime).
>>
>> It's just a shot in the dark, though.
>>
>> HTH,
>> Mario
>>
>>  
>>
>
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