set time date in raspberry pi b+ without internet

[manit123]

hi
Which file/boot option should I edit so that picore does not try to access ntp server (as my device is on LAN without internet) & set time to some day in 2014 say 19-05-2014 9AM.
Otherwise , i have seen it defaults to january 1 1970 & says 'password expired' to ssh clients .

[bmarkus]

Use date command in bootlocal.sh

[manit123]

okay . will try .

[manit123]

that worked.
does this try to get time from NTP ?
startup message shows 'skipping RTC' .

[bmarkus]

It tries in the background few times but stops after few tries, doens't harm.

[Greg Erskine]

startup message shows 'skipping RTC' .

RTC = real time clock (I think)

[manit123]

can i tell it not to try NTP & save time in boot ?

[bmarkus]

can i tell it not to try NTP & save time in boot ?

Core waits 60 seconds for working network connection. If network is not available after 1 munute, do not check NTP time. As it was written in a previous it happenes in the background, do not slow down system,

No need to disable. Just do nothing

[Captain Murloc]

Hello,

I'm quite new on Raspberry and I have to get automatically the date when my RPi is booting. You said :

Use date command in bootlocal.sh

My /opt/bootlocal.sh is void. Nothing is written in. Is it normal ? Maybe this /bootlocal.sh is not located into /opt folder but I only heard about this location.

If it is normal, how have I to use the date command here ?

Thanks for help and sorry for my english :x

-- Captain Murloc

[bmarkus]

Is your RPi connected to Internet?

[Captain Murloc]

For now, it is. But I need it to be able to update the date without Internet.

-- Captain Murloc

[bmarkus]

Without Internet, there are two option.

1) Manually using date command
2) Adding an RTC (search Forum for tipps)

[Captain Murloc]

1) Manually using date command

Hum, OK. I understood that but I don't know how to correctly use this command. Actually, I need to get the true date on each boot of the RPi.
I assume that I need to use the date command on boot putting it in a specific file, but in which file have I to put it so it runs automatically ?

2) Adding an RTC (search Forum for tipps)

I really don't want to add any module to my RPi.

Thanks.

[bmarkus]

You must execute date command in a terminal.

Type

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date --help
in terminal to get help on usage.

[Captain Murloc]

In fact, when I type date in my terminal, I always get the following date :

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Tue Sep   9 12:31:36 CEST 2014Only time is changing.
If I let my RPi turned on, of course, the date will change but when I turn it off and restart it, the date is still Tue Sep   9 xx:xx:xx CEST 2014

Of course, I used

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dpkg-reconfigure tzdata and selected the good geographic area and time zone. But nothing changed.