a number of people have suggested: > hwclock --systohc but to provide some variety, I'll mention that I learned to do: clock -w -u (which seems to be a redhat-ism) the portable version is: hwclock -w -u the -w is the same as --systohc, and the -u is for UTC (GMT). if you're dual-booting between Windows and linux, tho; don't set your system clock to GMT, as Windows can't handle offsetting that to your local time, so you have to leave your system clock set to local time. :( Carl Soderstrom -- Network Engineer Real-Time Enterprises (952) 943-8700