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Thread ID: 97616	2009-02-22 00:37:00	Why Does UBUNTU Reset the Computer Clock on Close down?	riscpc (5756)	Press F1

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750138	2009-02-22 00:37:00	I took out the Sata Hard drives from my computers and installed Sata Drive Carrier trays in one of the CD or DVD slots. This means I can now change drives and hence the operating system. The computers came with Vista reinstalled. I have Windows XP Pro on another drive for one of the machines and XP home on another drive for the other machine. I also have UBUNTU Linux 8.10 on another drive, and it is able to be used on either machine as both are identical hardware wise. I wouldn't dare try that with Windows though. My problem is, that when I plug in Ubuntu, it displays the clock time exactly as windows leaves it set to. However, when I close down UBUNTU and change to a windows drive, I find every time, the internal computer clock has been reset to 12 hours earlier than the time it was set to. No version of windows does that. All versions of Windows (Including Windows 7 Beta) leaves everything as was set. Can any one help? I need to know how to alter Ubuntu to tell it to mind it's own business and leave the clock as it found it. Remember it doesn't alter the time until you close Ubuntu down. On start up UBUNTU displays the time as it is set in the BIOS just as windows does. :thanks John	riscpc (5756)
750139	2009-02-22 01:52:00	Yeah, it is a pain when this happens. Follow this guide to check your timezone is correct and set up a time synchronisation (NTP) process to ensure the time is accurate - Ubuntu Time Management (help.ubuntu.com) Let us know if you need any help with this. :)	Jen (38)
750140	2009-02-22 02:05:00	NTP setup is the answer.I have recently had a frustrating few days trying to solve this problem and after changing Ubuntu to NTP all is sweet.	kjaada (253)
750141	2009-02-28 22:54:00	Thank you guys for your input. I tried that which kjaada suggested and it didn't work. On rebooting my Windows Drive, either a vista one or an XP one, I find the clock has been changed to am from pm and usually the hour difference between daylight NZ and the GMT or (if I must use the term UTC,) time has been reset too. I will attempt to change it in Linux using the command line as shown in the instructions as mentioned by Jen. Many thanks. John	riscpc (5756)
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