So I'm having quite a bit of trouble trying to get my system to set the hardware clock's time. Here is what I did just now, everything has worked, right? The first and last command seem to indicate that I have changed the hardware clock's time.[omed@localhost ~]$ sudo hwclock -rFri 19 Aug 2011 12:15:59 PM MDT  -0.407669 seconds[omed@localhost ~]$ sudo ntpdate 0.pool.ntp.org19 Aug 12:16:21 ntpdate[1816]: step time server 76.73.0.4 offset 94694401.172566 sec[omed@localhost ~]$ dateTue Aug 19 12:16:26 MDT 2014[omed@localhost ~]$ sudo hwclock -w[omed@localhost ~]$ sudo hwclock -rTue 19 Aug 2014 12:16:41 PM MDT  -0.329495 secondsHowever, a few notes about the device is that it's an intel Q7 (image here)module plugged into a carrier board designed by someone else. The RC uses a battery that isn't actually on the device, but comes from a battery on the carrier board. The RTC does store and save time set through the BIOS, however, if I power the system off and back on (without doing standard shutdown, literally just cutting power to the board), after logging in, this happens:[omed@localhost ~]$ sudo hwclock -rFri 19 Aug 2011 12:23:02 PM MDT  -0.580141 secondsissuing a poweroff command and then power-cycling the device does save the time to the RTC successfully, however doing a 'clean' shutdown is not an option, what does linux do during shutdown that it doesn't do when I run hwclock? The calibration time and drift time from the RTC also show the correct date for drift/calibration (August 2014, as below), but doesn't actually display the correct time (for some reason it still thinks it's 2011).[omed@localhost ~]$ sudo hwclock -r -D...Last drift adjustment done at 1408472197 seconds after 1969Last calibration done at 1408472197 seconds after 1969...Time read from Hardware Clock: 2011/08/19 18:26:45Hw clock time : 2011/08/19 18:26:45 = 1313778405 seconds since 1969Fri 19 Aug 2011 12:26:45 PM MDT  -0.877045 secondsThe system is a special distro based around embedded systems (timesys bowler 14), however, it is based on fedora 14 and is close enough that it can be treated as fedora.
RTC is not saving time after hwclock
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