[dundee] AHHHHHHHH

[Keir Lawson]

CS Systems wrote:

>I think I'm just being silly here, but anyway.  I'm trying to get my 
>linux (redhat 7.2) box to sycronize the time with time.nist.gov time 
>server, and I've got the command
>
>hwclock -w | rdate -s time.nist.gov
>
>which sort of works... this sets both the system time and the 
>hardware clock time to the value it recieves from time.nist.gov, but 
>it is 1 hour slow. (Most likely due to the GMT daylight savings).  
>Can anyone suggest how I can get the correct time from time.nist.gov 
>so I can set the correct times for the system and hardware clocks.
>
>p.s.  I had it working about 2 hours ago, changed something and 
>cannot get it back again :(   Suppose I was trying to be too smart.  
>Any help greatly appreciated
>
>Yours sincerely 
>
>Christopher Shennan
>CS Systems
>
>Web:  http://www.cs-systems.co.uk
>Email:  cshennan@cs-systems.co.uk
>
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could somebody give me some step by step (or command by command) 
instructions as i still consider myself a linux newbie.

thanks

keir