Loft:/dev# hwclock -w --debug hwclock from util-linux-2.12p Using /dev/rtc interface to clock. Last drift adjustment done at 1137026911 seconds after 1969 Last calibration done at 1137026911 seconds after 1969 Hardware clock is on UTC time Assuming hardware clock is kept in UTC time. Waiting for clock tick... /dev/rtc does not have interrupt functions. Waiting in loop for time from /dev/rtc to change ...got clock tick Time read from Hardware Clock: 2006/01/12 00:48:38 Hw clock time : 2006/01/12 00:48:38 = 1137026918 seconds since 1969 Time elapsed since reference time has been 0.507540 seconds. Delaying further to reach the next full second. Setting Hardware Clock to 00:48:38 = 1137026918 seconds since 1969 ioctl(RTC_SET_TIME) was successful. Not adjusting drift factor because it has been less than a day since the last calibration.