Comments on: Set system time in Solaris http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/24/set-system-time-in-solaris/ Computer and technology tutorials and guides Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:16:28 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/24/set-system-time-in-solaris/comment-page-1/#comment-186 Wed, 19 May 2004 13:53:56 +0000 guid-fix-me!#comment-186 Your command would be a bad idea on a production system. Much better to use the -a option like this: date -a sss.fff so that the system slowly changes time. When you do it abruptly, the way you indicated, time-dependent processes can get hammered. Larry Sherwood Your command would be a bad idea on a production system. Much better to use the -a option like this:

date -a sss.fff

so that the system slowly changes time. When you do it abruptly, the way you indicated, time-dependent processes can get hammered.

Larry Sherwood

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