Cal, Date, Hwclock, and NTP

TIME WRAP

Article from Issue 81/2007
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I’m late, I’m late, for a very important date. For many applications, it is important that your PC has the correct time and time zone. We’ll show you how to keep your PC clock ticking and how to use NTP to synchronize the time with a time server on the Web.

An incorrectly set PC clock can bedisastrous – if your computer loses track of the time, you could end up juggling files from the future or emails from 30 years ago. The time warp could lead to misunderstandings, errors, or even crashes. Almost all Linux distributions set the time and time zone during the installation phase, and desktop environments such as KDE and Gnome display a clock in the panel to give users quick access to tools for configuring the computer clock.

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