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Old 10-24-2001
Question Time change not working...
Hi, I am pretty new to the Solaris world. Just installed the version 8 and found that the time is off. I am in the Central time zone. In the beginning, the date and time was off by a day. After changing the /etc/default/init, there is no avail. The date is now correct but the time is still 5 hours behind. For instance, the time now shown on the system is 2:50PM CDT instead of 7:50PM. Can anyone point me to the right direction?? Thanks.
# 2  
Old 10-25-2001
If your time zone and date are correct, which I think you are indicating to be true, then you can just use the "date" command (see man date) to set the time to the correct time. For example, if it is 11:35 am, you could set the time by running:

date 1135.00

That should do it.
# 3  
Old 10-25-2001
Thanks for your reply. Would that changed it permanently? I believe I tried that once but when I have the system reboot, I typed :

$ date

it defaults back to the wrong time again.
# 4  
Old 10-25-2001
It should change it permanently. If you have a time server some where, that could be setting it back.
# 5  
Old 10-25-2001
Where can I find out if where the time server is and how do I go about making that changes?

Thanks in advance.
# 6  
Old 10-27-2001
It's hard to say but I would start by looking in your startup scripts for ntpdate if you are using and ntp server. When you installed Solaris 8, did you select NIS/NIS+?
# 7  
Old 10-31-2001
Lightbulb time is always a problem
Hi there!
If you're not sure if you have a time server, try executing /usr/sbin/ntpq. One at the ntpq prompt, type pe ( if you type `?`, you will see the commans possible ). If the return looks something like "read: Connection refused", that means you have no time server.
What I would suggest to fix your time problem, would be to boot in single-user, change your time, and reboot again.

Otherwise, the NTP service is a good way to fix all these problems. You can find more info at
ntp
and
NTP FAQ

Hope this will help

Jason
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