[GRLUG] Raspbmc help-Changing date

[megadave]

Or just edit /etc/ntp.conf

'nano /etc/ntp.conf'

and list different servers

( http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Servers/WebHome )

then restart ntpd....

'/etc/init.d/ntpd restart'



On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 11:26 AM, Andrew Hekman <ajhekman at gmail.com> wrote:
> If your router keeps accurate time, you can grab the current time from the HTTP headers with netcat.
>
> aj at Compaq:~$ nc 192.168.1.1 80
> GET / HTTP/1.1
> Host: 192.168.1.1
>
> HTTP/1.0 401 Unauthorized
> Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2012 14:33:58 GMT
> [..snip..]
>
> so you could run this at startup or via cron:
>
> sudo date -s "`printf "GET / HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n" | nc -n -i 1 192.168.1.1 80 | grep Date | sed 's/Date:\ //'`"
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> -AJ
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> On Jul 20, 2012, at 9:43 AM, Edwardo Fuentes wrote:
>
>> Holy quick response....
>> I don't know how to install the time protocol on the my device.
>> I have searched the root menu while it is connected ; most the folders are hidden.
>> I am going to pull open it up on Ubuntu & see if I can locate the ntp.log and direct it to local host
>>
>> If any thing else comes to mind... feel free to add.
>>
>> thanks
>> Edwardo
>> 616.834.3023
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>> On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 9:10 AM, Michael Mol <mikemol at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 9:07 AM, Edwardo Fuentes
>> <edwardo.fuentes at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > -Josh thanks for getting me set up & with xbmc.
>> > -Casey Thanks for hosting the event.
>> >
>> >
>> > My Date is locked on 12/31/1969 - 7:55pm.
>> > I cant find any folder to adjust date.
>> >
>> >
>> > I have set my time zone to America/Detroit - & 12 hour time setting.
>> > My IP address shows & am able to stream from network.
>> >
>> > Any suggestions....?
>>
>> I assume you have a shell? The 'date' command should allow you to set
>> the date. That said, it's my understanding the Pi doesn't have an RTC,
>> so you'll lose the date across reboots.
>>
>> What you really want is ntpd installed and running.
>>
>>
>> --
>> :wq
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