[SOLVED] slackware system time is constantly 5 hrs ahead in virtualbox

xiongnu · 12-18-2015, 10:15 AM

i'm running slackware 14.1 in virtualbox.

I noticed that on my slackware box, the time is constantly 5hours ahead of my local time (US/EST). I had set the timezone in slackware correctly to US/EST. everytime I syncd and corrected time with 'ntpdate'. after a while, it's running ahead again.

suicidaleggroll · 12-18-2015, 11:09 AM

What is the output of "date" and "date -u" on the terminal (and what is the actual local time when you ran it)? What is the host OS?

273 · 12-18-2015, 01:38 PM

I think you need to check the "Hardware Clock in UTC Time" option:
https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch03.html

xiongnu · 12-18-2015, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by 273

I think you need to check the "Hardware Clock in UTC Time" option:
https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch03.html

thanks!

I unchecked "Hardware Clock in UTC Time" option from virtualbox settings - system - motherboard - works now!

273 · 12-18-2015, 06:34 PM

Odd, I assumed that Slackware assumed that the hardware was on UTC -- though the time difference you saw does make more sense the other way around.
The tip-off is the UTC offset.

xiongnu · 12-18-2015, 09:09 PM

slackware assumes hardware clock is set to local time instead of UTC during setup.

273 · 12-19-2015, 04:16 AM

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Originally Posted by xiongnu

slackware assumes hardware clock is set to local time instead of UTC during setup.

Thanks, I must just hit yes and forget I ever saw that screen when I install Slackware.