[Info-vax] boottime in the future

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2011-12-20 09:31, Fred Zwarts (KVI) wrote:
> "JF Mezei" wrote in message
> news:4ef0111a$0$1672$c3e8da3$50776f34 at news.astraweb.com...
>>
>> Phillip Helbig---undress to reply wrote:
>>>
>>> Which is fine. Actually, all the records are fine, except one (written
>>> before I added the F$TIME):
>>>
>>> 1-JAN-2015 00:06:43.00 LEEBIG
>>
>>
>> Would this be explained by the TOY clock being erroneous at boot time ?
>
> I don't understand this. I always understood that VMS took the year from
> the SYS.EXE image file. The TOY (Time of Year) clock only supplied the
> time within the year. The SYS.EXE file is updated at shutdown with a SET
> TIME. At least, this was the case on VAX hardware.
> A problem with the TOY clock would result in being at most about one
> year wrong.
> This is more than one year, so it indicates a problem with the SYS.EXE
> time. Maybe, this has been corrected later with a SET TIME, so that on
> subsequent boots the time was correct again.

So, the obvious first question: Is/was this on a VAX?

	Johnny

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