[plug] Very odd date/time problem

[chris.griffin at swiftdsl.com.au]

Ha Matt,

I agree, but we are talking a lot more than 9 minutes here.
We are talking 15:32:05 compared to 03:23:49


Chris
> On Thu, 18 Mar 2004, quoth chris.griffin at swiftdsl.com.au:
>
>> [root at FWM01 root]# date ; date -u; hwclock
>> Thu Mar 18 15:32:05 WST 2004
>> Thu Mar 18 07:32:05 UTC 2004
>> Thu 18 Mar 2004 03:23:49 PM WST  -0.016948 seconds
>> [root at FWM01 root]#
> [...]
>> "hwclock --systohc" only about a month ago. Surely it has not drifted
>> that
>> much? The box has been up for more than 97 days.
>
> 9 minutes of clock drift over a month isn't that unusual.
> PCs generally have cheapo hardware clocks.
>
>  - Matt
>
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