[arch-general] Issue with system time

[David Rosenstrauch]

David Rosenstrauch wrote:
> Dan Vratil wrote:
>> Hi,
>> in last few weeks I noticed a serious (for me) problem with my system. 
>> It simply does not update the date/time after boot up. In BIOS the 
>> time is correct, but when I boot Linux, the system time is set exactly 
>> to time when I turned it off last time.
>> It's quite annoying to always have to set up the time manually. In 
>> rc.conf I have HARDWARECLOCK set to "localtime" and Time Zone to 
>> "Europe/Prague".
>>
>> I was trying to set automatic time sync in KDE System Settings, but it 
>> fails to connect to time server. I use KDE 4.2.70, so it might be bug 
>> there, but it does not bother me, the main problem is that my system 
>> refuses to update (load from BIOS?) time after boot up.
>>
>> Any ideas? Thank you very much
>>
>> Dan
> 
> NTP?
> 
> http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NTP
> 
> DR

Also, perhaps you might need to change the CMOS battery on your motherboard.

DR