John writes:
> Here's what I got with SHOWCLOCK:
>
> SYSTEM TIME: THU, JUN 11, 1998,  1:47:41 PM
> CURRENT TIME CORRECTION:            0 SECONDS
> TIME ZONE:  333 HOURS  0 MINUTES EASTERN HEMISPHERE
>
> It looks bad, huh?  I am just a lowly applications programmer, and a

Yep...solution below.


From my HP3000-L posting of April 17...

Steve Cooper demonstrated a method of getting both the hardware clock
and software clock and GMT offset "fixed" without rebooting.

I turned it into a command file, and it worked for the two simple
test cases I tried...

If your local time is correct, and you want to fix the hardware clock
(and GMT time), this command file may be simpler than shutting
down, using CLKUTIL, and rebooting.

Usage:
   If you're in California, and your local time is correct, you can
   fix the GMT by doing:

      fixclock 7

   If you're in California, and your local time is wrong (and the
   GMT offset is also wrong), you can fix everything by doing:

      setclock date=mm/dd/yy;time=hh:mm; now

   Note that ";NOW" may have repercussions in various places.

   and then

      fixclock 7

SS
----------------cut here for FIXCLOCK.CMD---------------------------
parm gmt_offset_hours = 99, gmt_offset_minutes = 0

comment FIXCLOCK.CMD version 98A
comment written by Steve Cooper and Stan Sieler 1998-04-17

if !gmt_offset_hours = 99 then
   echo
   echo This command has one required parameter: the number of
   echo hours your local time is offset from GMT.
   echo If you are in California, for example, the
   echo offset is 8 hours for PST, and 7 hours during PDT.
   echo
   echo The second (optional) parameter is the additional
   echo number of minutes your local time is offset from GMT.
   echo
   echo Thus, if you should be 3:30 off from GMT (e.g., in
   echo Newfoundland regular time):
   echo    fixclock 3, 30
   echo
   echo If you are in California *and* it's now Daylight Savings Time,
   echo    fixclock 7
   echo
   echo If you are EAST of GMT, use negative numbers.
   echo
   return
   endif

if (!gmt_offset_hours > 23) or (!gmt_offset_hours < -23) then
   echo
   echo Sorry, gmt_offset_hours must be in the range -23..23
   error
   return
   endif

if (!gmt_offset_hours < 0) or (!gmt_offset_minutes < 0) then
   setvar _prefix "E"
   if (!gmt_offset_hours < 0) and (!gmt_offset_minutes > 0) then
      echo
      echo Sorry, the hours and minutes must both be <= 0
      error
      return
      endif
else
   setvar _prefix "W"
   endif

setvar _orig_date "!hpmonth/!hpdate/!hpyear"
setvar _orig_time "!hphour:!hpminute"
comment there is no hpsecond

comment the following assumes everything works :)

setclock timezone=!_prefix!gmt_offset_hours:!gmt_offset_minutes

setclock ; cancel
comment the "cancel" doesn't undo the timezone change!

setclock date=!_orig_date; time=!_orig_time; now

showclock
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