Re: Help correcting system time

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Author: Jeremy C. Reed
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To: plug-discuss
Subject: Re: Help correcting system time
On Thu, 28 Apr 2005, Siri Amrit Kaur wrote:

> > > > root@localhost:~# hwclock --utc
> > > > Thu Apr 28 15:28:31 2005 -0.411599 seconds
> >
> > Which would be 8:28 a.m. Arizona time which is wrong and is seven hours
> > behind. (Unless Siri traveled back in time after reading my email.)
> >
> Doesn't 15:28 = 3:28 pm?


Yes.

But your output above should have said something like:

Thu Apr 28 22:28:31 2005 -0.411599 seconds

Because it really was 10:28 p.m. in England (UTC) when you sent that
email.

Seven hours wrong.

Jeremy C. Reed

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