From: mlo@Bonnie.ICS.UCI.EDU (--) Subject: Re: Wish list for Christmas Date: 18 Dec 1992 05:15:55 GMT
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> : >What I would like to put on the wish list is for date(1) to update the
> : >CMOS clock. My system has a basically dead battery, so the clock
> : >doesn't actually run when I shut it off. When I restart the computer
> : >(if it hasn't been too long) the result of a date is the same time at
> : >which I shut the computer off.
> :
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IS date supposed to set the CMOS clock? I've stayed away from it
because after each time I've used it, I'd find myself anywhere from
several minutes behind to somewhere back in May 1929.
I'd rather leave that sort of stuff to Michael J. Fox.
- Mike