The
hwclock is a utility which is used to query and set the hardware clock on a
system. When executing the hwclock utility without parameters, the command will
print the current time from hardware clock to standard output.
The
last numeric in result of hwclock means the difference between the displayed
hardware time and the startup time of the "hwclock" command.
For
example:
#
hwclock
Tue
13 May 2008 05:54:23 PM CST -0.026587 seconds
In
above example, the difference between the hardware time and startup time of
hwclock is -0.026587 seconds.
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