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Lmoio.1
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October 14, 2021
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Hello, I'd like to preserve time after rebooting, when no internet connection is present. Every time I reboot I get the same date, which i presume is the late date there was an internet connection. I'd like to update this system clock with the curren

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root@stm32mp1:~# timedatectl status
 Local time: Thu 2021-10-14 15:10:06 UTC
 Universal time: Thu 2021-10-14 15:10:06 UTC
 RTC time: Sat 2000-01-01 00:00:38
 Time zone: UTC (UTC, +0000)
System clock synchronized: no
 NTP service: active
 RTC in local TZ: no

My RTC is out of sync.

This is the date loaded after every boot. Where does system clock get it?

This is the timesyncd service.

[[0;1;32m*[[0m systemd-timesyncd.service - Network Time Synchronization
 Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/systemd-timesyncd.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
 Active: [[0;1;32mactive (running)[[0m since Thu 2021-10-14 15:09:43 UTC; 2min 23s ago
 Docs: man:systemd-timesyncd.service(8)
 Main PID: 373 (systemd-timesyn)
 Status: "Idle."
 Memory: 576.0K
 CGroup: /system.slice/systemd-timesyncd.service
 `-373 /lib/systemd/systemd-timesyncd
 
Sep 20 10:44:02 stm32mp1 systemd[1]: Starting Network Time Synchronization...
Sep 20 10:44:03 stm32mp1 systemd-timesyncd[373]: System clock time unset or jumped backwards, restoring from recorded timesta
mp: Thu 2021-10-14 15:09:43 UTC
Oct 14 15:09:43 stm32mp1 systemd[1]: Started Network Time Synchronization.

I already tried:

hwclock -w, then rebooting, then hwclock -s, but it goes back to 2000s.

Can someone help me?

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    Best answer by PatrickF

    Ok, I got the point.

    You wanted to save the current system time as the 'last ntp time' which is the one restored at boot time. right ?

    I'm not SW expert, but I found that which seems working. Don't know if it is a reliable solution.

    date -s "fri oct 15 09:54:00 UTC 2021" <-- if needed
touch /var/lib/systemd/timesync/clock
sync

    I hope other people from community have some more clever answers.

    Regards.

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    PatrickF
    Technical Moderator
    October 14, 2021

    Hi,

    to 'copy' system time to RTC, you need to use the following:

    hwclock --systohc --utc

    See https://wiki.st.com/stm32mpu/wiki/How_to_use_the_RTC

    Obviously, need a 3V battery on VBAT pin to keep time in absence of power.

    Regards.

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    Lmoio.1Author
    Visitor II
    October 15, 2021

    The point is my cmos battery is dead, but somehow at boot, time is not the RTC reset time (Sat 2000-01-01 00:00:38), but is restored to the last time that there was an internet connection (i think it's the ntp service that does this). However this time does not keep the progress while the board is running offline. How can i update this time, so that it accounts for the time the board is on but offline at the next reboot?

    Thanks

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    PatrickFAnswer
    Technical Moderator
    October 15, 2021

    Ok, I got the point.

    You wanted to save the current system time as the 'last ntp time' which is the one restored at boot time. right ?

    I'm not SW expert, but I found that which seems working. Don't know if it is a reliable solution.

    date -s "fri oct 15 09:54:00 UTC 2021" <-- if needed
touch /var/lib/systemd/timesync/clock
sync

    I hope other people from community have some more clever answers.

    Regards.

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