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Keeping Time

 

Time is an illusion. Lunchtime double so.
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This chapter explains how a Linux system keeps time, and what you need to do to avoid causing trouble. Usually, you don't need to do anything about time, but it is good to understand it.





Lars Wirzenius
Sun May 4 14:08:43 EEST 1997