[Info-vax] Openvms AXP clock problem

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In article <5646ca36-52ea-45d6-881e-99eec4479ef2 at googlegroups.com>, sandrokan at sandrokan.it writes:
>Dear All,
>I have a strange problem with my DEC 2000 axp running openvms 6.2
>The system boots fine and works fine. The problem comes when I shutdown the=
> system. If I keep it off for 30 minutes and I boot it again the system tim=
>e is 30 min delayed. In other words instead of following the hardware clock=
> the VMS  is continuing with the time of the last shutdown.
>I imagine that there is a parameter in sysgen or similar that should tell t=
>he VMS to follow the hardware clock but I could not find it.
>I also looked online but the only problems reported where about the contino=
>us request of date and time at boot (this doesn't apply to my issue)
>Thanks for your help
>Best,
>Sandro

Buy a good watch or, hell, even a modest watch.
  
Issue: $ SET TIME=dd-mmm-yyyy:hh:mm:ss.cc [*]

[*] An implicit knowledge of the date is assume.  If this posses problems, it
would be highly recommended that you also purchase a calendar.  When in doubt,
ask a friend for the date and time.

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