GSM Network Time

[Denis Johnson]

Just as a data point, I have checked the default settings in shr-t but
I know I have to use the date command in an ssh session to get date
and time set correctly and also do a hardware sync. Strangely it seems
to keep the time until I re-connect via usb and ssh in, from there the
time goes out.

I am also in Aus (Qld) on savytel (vodafone) network.

Obviously I need to investigate further.

cheers Denis

On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 9:54 AM, W.Kenworthy <billk at iinet.net.au> wrote:
> Not quite - it should be "if available" - network time is not part of
> the base GSM standard but an extension which many (most?) networks done
> use.  The zone is part of the standard, but if your provider crosses
> multi timezones as here in australia, you might not be able to properly
> use it.
>
> Beware using the default time server for network time - in europe it
> might be ok, but it has jitter and offset here in australia at times -
> set it to a local timeserver in /etc/frameworkd.conf.
>
> Time keeping has improved a lot, but I still find I connect to a network
> or use GPS once a day to make sure it stays on time.
>
> BillK
>
>
>
> On Mon, 2010-01-04 at 18:31 +0100, Marc Verwerft wrote:
>> The section about Date/time settings in the SHR wiki from openmoko
>> http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/SHR_User_Manual#Date_and_time says:
>> "Date and time are automatically set from GPS or Network"
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Marc
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 6:25 PM, Esben Stien <b0ef at esben-stien.name> wrote:
>> > Any way to extract the time from the GSM network and have the time set
>> > based on this?.
>> >
>> > Any distro that does this or any tools available?.
>> >
>> > Many phones have this capability.
>> >
>> > It would also be nice to set the time based on GPS, when that is
>> > available, but often when indoors, only GSM works.
>> >
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