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Revision 1 (sb1066 -, 2010-10-28 17:13) → Revision 2/6 (sb1066 -, 2010-10-29 07:23)

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. 

 {{{ 
 #!/bin/bash 

 UTC=`/usr/bin/dvbsnoop UTC=`dvbsnoop -N 1 0x14 | /bin/grep grep 'UTC_time' | /bin/cut cut -c27-45` 
 date --utc --set="${UTC}" 
 }}} 

 In order for this to work you need: 
  * a DVB card in your computer (obviously). 
  * dvbsnoop installed. 
  * rights to change the clock 
  * to have your bios set to UTC time (and correct timezone in linux)