date and GPS related questions

[Fernando Martins]

Mike Montour wrote:
> Fernando Martins wrote:
>
>   
>> 1) I got the date reset to 1970 a few times. I was not paying attention 
>> but I guess this happens when battery is removed, i.e., there's no 
>> battery specific for the clock?
>>     
>
> There is a backup battery. Make sure that the system time is being saved 
> to the hardware clock, e.g. "hwclock --utc --systohc".
>
>   
I'm sure I did it, per Wiki page (no --utc) 
http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Date. Next time I remove the battery, I'll 
pay more attention to the date.

BTW, the date was automatically set, somehow, some days later. Is this 
done when there is a phone call? (I have few phone calls).

Cheers,
Fernando