Re: time-setting script

[Bob Proulx]

> I found Simon Foster's nice little SNTP client on the ASPN Cookbook
> site and adapted it to set the hardware clock under the Linux kernel:
> 
>   http://www.nightsong.com/phr/python/setclock.py
> 
> I find it pretty useful for adjusting my computer clock every
> now and then, without the hassle of setting up a real NTP system.

I really, really recommend that you take another look at NTP.  It is
very easy to install and configure.  It does an excellent job of
keeping clocks correctly on time.  I highly recommend it.

> I think GNU/Linux should include a utility like this, maybe not the
> one above (it's written in Python) but something similar in Perl or C
> would be just a dozen or so lines of code.

I have not used it but others with similar views to yours about NTP
seem to like the chrony utility.

  http://go.to/chrony

Bob