[ntp:questions] Re: Quasi-On_topic: System (kernel) time jumps 3600 seconds at random times. Stumped.

Casper H.S. Dik Casper.Dik at Sun.COM
Wed May 18 19:52:21 UTC 2005


elickd at one.net writes:

>I just can't fathom what the *&#$^ is causing the system/kernel clock
>to jump exactly 3600 seconds. It's driving me nuts!

The typical Unix keeps track of the offset of GMT and the RTC
in the kernel; somehow this may get confused.

What happens if you just disable the service?  I now make
all PCs run in UTC.

http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/casper/20050412#timezones_and_multi_boot


Casper



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