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[Whistle Master]

Hi !

I share with you a php script to set the correct date and time for the pineapple. It acts as a ntp client but without installing one such as ntpclient, etc.

It gets UTC time, so you will have to change the following parameter in the code:

// time adjustment
$time_adjustment = 7200;

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EDIT
Another fix is proposed by Prox here

in /etc/config/system add the lines:

config 'timeserver'
list 'server' '0.openwrt.pool.ntp.org'
list 'server' '1.openwrt.pool.ntp.org'
list 'server' '2.openwrt.pool.ntp.org'
list 'server' '3.openwrt.pool.ntp.org'

You may also need/want to change line 2 to your local timezone.

option 'timezone' 'UTC'

(Note: timezones are listed here)

Add the command 'date -k' to /etc/rc.local

Info: wiki.openwrt.org/doc/uci/system

Edited by Whistle Master, 27 April 2012 - 12:34 PM.

[WatskeBart]

Excellent! Great find and finally correct history files for your modules

[Whistle Master]

The only thing is that you will have to restart crond if you don't set time before it starts otherwise it won't run anymore until you restart it.

[Whistle Master]

Added another fix for date and time by Prox in first post.

[WatskeBart]

I'm using the second fix from Prox it's much cleaner and out-of-the-box like.

Seb should implement this in next firmware release

[Root Ctrl]

Thanks will give the second fix a go.

[WatskeBart]

Thanks will give the second fix a go.

It will be included in the next firmware release

[lester]

What do you mean:


// time adjustment
$time_adjustment = 7200;

is that seconds? minutes? Could you be a bit clearer how this works? When I run it, it shows PDT time which is off by more than two hours from the time in the East Coast.

thank you.

[barry99705]

What do you mean:


// time adjustment
$time_adjustment = 7200;

is that seconds? minutes? Could you be a bit clearer how this works? When I run it, it shows PDT time which is off by more than two hours from the time in the East Coast.

thank you.

It's minutes. Eastern would be -3000, actually I guess it would be -2400 right now. Stupid daylight savings time....

[lester]

Anyway to make this perform at each restart?

[Sebkinne]

Anyway to make this perform at each restart?

It does. It is built into the pineapple. As long as it has internet it will get the latest time.

[lester]

You mean your time.php script runs automatically without human intervention at startup? Please tell me how to set that up. Thanks!

[Whistle Master]

This script is not needed anymore as Seb added the feature in the firmware.