Move clock ahead five minutes

[Nils Kassube]

Dotan Cohen wrote:
> Fellow Kubunters, I need to push the clock of my Kubuntu 9.10 system
> ahead five minutes. I set it in (translated) System Settings -> Date
> and Time and even disabled the "update automatically" checkmark.
> However after a reboot the time goes back to the correct time.

Why would anyone intentionally set the clock to a wrong value? Anyway, 
when the network gets connected, Kubuntu sets the clock with ntpdate 
from some time server (default is ntp.ubuntu.com). 

> I then tried changing the BIOS clock five minutes ahead. Even in this
> case, after a reboot the clock goes back to being accurate. What must
> I do to permanently move the clock ahead five minutes?

Uninstall ntpdate.


Nils