RE: Ping: Going backwards in time

["Doughty, Michael" <Doughty_Michael@example.com>]

Are you checking both times relative to UTC?  You could be running
into a situation where one is an hour or so ahead of the other, and 
if they are in different time zones, or just have different time zone
settings, this might not be apparent at first.

Michael Doughty

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jean-Christian Imbeault [mailto:jean_christian@example.com]
> Sent: 2001”N9ŒŽ20“ú 15:00
> To: tlug@example.com
> Subject: Re: Ping: Going backwards in time
> 
> 
> >From: Jim Breen <jwb@example.com>
> >
> >No the problem is with the other machine. It is obviously travelling
> >close to the speed of light relative to you, and the 
> Fitzgerald-Lorentz 
> >contraction effect is leading to a perceived slowing of its clock.
> 
> But of course! The other machine is on our mothership which 
> is now on it's 
> to phi-beta-kapa.
> 
> I've checked the other machine (RH 6.2) and the date command 
> gives me ok 
> answers, i.e. time *is* moving forwards ... and when it pings 
> itself no 
> error message.
> 
> How can I pin-point the problem and then hopefully fix it?
> 
> Jc
> 
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