I'd also add: man date man uname to the list of suggestions. On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 4:55 PM, Andrew Lunn <andrew at lunn.ch> wrote: > On Fri, Jan 02, 2015 at 04:49:37PM -0600, paul g wrote: >> Since I replaced the on board system battery and reset the CMOS on my new/used Lenovo m57p Desktop computer. I have had a problem setting the same UTC time between CMOS/BIOS and Linux UTC clock. Now every time I enter terminal and enter the following command. >> >> uname -a >> >> paul at desk/paul-Lenovo ~ $ uname -a >> Linux desk/paul-Lenovo 3.13.0-24-generic #47-Ubuntu SMP Fri May 2 23:30:00 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux >> >> Well obviously that is not the correct time or date. > > Fri May 2 23:30:00 UTC 2014 is when the kernel was built. It has > nothing to do with wall clock time. > >> 2. Can anyone help me configure my system clock to the Linux clock? >> <--So I can have the correct time across my entire computer. > > man hwclock > > Andrew > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -- Jeff Chapin President, CedarLug, retired President, UNIPC, "I'll get around to it" President, UNI Scuba Club Senator, NISG, retired