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From:   Mikhail Gavrilov <mikhail.v.gavrilov@gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 2 Jan 2020 22:17:26 +0500
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Subject: Re: [bugreport] "hwclock -w" reset time instead of setting the right time
To:     J William Piggott <elseifthen@gmx.com>
Cc:     Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>, util-linux@vger.kernel.org,
        Linux List Kernel Mailing <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
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On Thu, 2 Jan 2020 at 21:59, J William Piggott <elseifthen@gmx.com> wrote:
>
> You've demonstrated that 'hwclock -w' does not 'reset' the RTC.
>
> Does your new motherboard use a battery backup for the RTC?
> Is the battery good?
>

If you look carefully demonstration the RTC 'reset' happens after
reboot __only__ when 'hwclock -w' have been entered before reboot.
So if I reboot the computer without 'hwclock -w' the RTC will be not reset.

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Best Regards,
Mike Gavrilov.