clock problems

[zorahk]

So I'm dual booting OS X (tubgirl AMD 10.4.10) and Vista, and I have a wierd problem. They seem to be interfering with each other's clocks. When I logged into vista, my clock was off and I had to reset it. When I logged into OS X, that clock was off and I had to reset it. The next time I logged into vista the same thing happened.

 

Now the wierd thing is, it's only the hour that is wrong, the minutes appear to be correct each time. Also, I don't know, but it seems the hour is the last time I logged onto that OS.

 

HELP!!!

 

EDIT:

 

I found this but it's confusing, can someone explain to me what it means?

 

There are two alternative solutions, however this solution is the most reliable.

Use this little trick to change the clock between local & universal every boot. A couple lines need to be added to the initialization sequence, you'll need root privleges to do this. These files probably don't already exist on your system, so take that under advisement.

First you'll need to add a line to /etc/rc.local:

date `date -u +%m%d%H%M%Y`

Note the use of backticks to tell sh to pass the output from the enclosed command to the outer one.

 

And to /etc/rc.shutdown.local you'll need to add this:

date -u `date +%m%d%H%M%Y`

This changes it back again.

Be sure your clock is set correctly before your next reboot. Otherwise your clock will be messed up till you correct the time (either on macos or windows). This should keep your windows and macosx clocks in sync from now on.

 

Where is rc.local and rc.shutdown.local?

[bibendum]

Search is your friend:

 

http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=58943

 

Patrick

[zorahk]

apparently you didn't pay much attention to what I had in quotes because the thread you linked to links to the same thing

 

aside from that, I fixed it, you have to make them yourself with a text editor.

[bibendum]

Sorry 'bout that - I don't have the dual boot issue - just had recently seen that other post on the same subject...

 

Glad you solved it.

 

Patrick

[jviner]

I tried both these fixes but I still have a clock that falls behind 30-40 minutes after boot/fix. It doesn't seem to be an "autocorrection" gone wrong. Any thoughts?

 

Jim