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From: rogerk@mips.com (Roger B.A. Klorese)
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Subject: Re: Help.  My clock runs fast on March 1.
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Date: 8 Mar 91 18:20:08 GMT
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In article <1991Mar7.003809.6051@vlsi.waterloo.edu> jabarby@vlsi.waterloo.edu (J.A. Barby) writes:
>In article <167@snll-arpagw.UUCP>, hilary@snll-arpagw.UUCP (Hilary Jones) writes:
>> I have a major problem for which I need a solution by 3/1/92.  Or else!
>> 
>> I am using my two MIPS machines as Kerberos servers, so I cannot tolerate
>> very much clock drift.  However, last Friday (3/1/91) and a year ago
>> (3/1/90) the clock on my M/2000 started to gain time spontaneously, at
>> a rate of about 3 minutes per hour.  ...
>> 
>> Has anyone else seen this problem?  Is there a fix?
>
>Yes, we had the same problem on both our M/2000 and RC6280.  We are also
>interested in the fix.

We have checked in a fix for this problem.  It will be released in the next
(post-4.52) operating system release.  For now, correct the date with the
"date" command.

The fix should be shipped long before 3/1/92.  (Actually, 3/1/92 will not
manifest the problem, as it occurs only on non-leap years.)  There is a
related problem, fixed in the same code, which will cause the clock to
go back one day on or after 1/1/92 under some circumstances.  In any event,
the fix will be shipped before it is needed.
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