alexp@mips.com (Alex Petruncola) (03/09/91)
There is a bug in the time-of-day chip handler for certain MIPS platforms (i.e. m2000, 6280) which causes the following problems: During a non-leap year: (1) Clock starts gaining 144 seconds per hour on 3/1 (GMT) (2) If system is rebooted on 3/1, the date will jump forward one day. (3) If system is rebooted after 12/31 (i.e. in the new year while running over year end) the date will jump back one day. These problems will be fixed in the next release of the OS. In the meantime, the root user can use the "date" command to reset the current date in order to recover from the above problems.