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sb1066 -, 2010-10-29 07:23

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If your clock is getting out of sync the best thing would be to use an ntp server. But since that require a internet connection I wrote a small script that uses the time table transmitted by the DVB providers instead.
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{{{
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#!/bin/bash
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UTC=`/usr/bin/dvbsnoop -N 1 0x14 | /bin/grep 'UTC_time' | /bin/cut -c27-45`
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date --utc --set="${UTC}"
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}}}
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In order for this to work you need:
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 * a DVB card in your computer (obviously).
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 * dvbsnoop installed.
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 * rights to change the clock
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 * to have your bios set to UTC time (and correct timezone in linux)