Re: Why touch the CMOS clock?

Bernd Eckenfels (ecki@inka.de)
Mon, 13 May 1996 18:20:17 +0200 (MET DST)


Hello,

> > # -a Set the system time from the CMOS clock, adjusting
> > # the time to correct for systematic error, and writ-
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> what is a "systematic error" ? the time required to read the CMOS clock
> time ?

systematic errors are errors which you can quantifie (i.e. linear). It's
like 1s too fast in 1h. Those can be easyly corrected. The random errors
+-1% can't be corrected of course.

Greetings
Bernd

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