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Re: Time error drift



 On Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 11:07:09AM -0500, stephen goldman wrote: 
> Hello, 
>        Request some direct direction on a time drift error that I have not seen before. 
>        The date is correct, as well as the time zone. The time of day is off. 

On startup, run ntpdate against a local server to start with a 
reasonable timestamp. Then keep ntpd running continuously to 
keep the time in sync. 

Time drift happens. If it's consistently bad, investigate your 
hardware closely. 

-dsr- 

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