from autotest_lib.client.bin import test, utils from autotest_lib.client.common_lib import error import re, os, logging class hwclock(test.test): version = 1 def run_once(self): """ Set hwclock back to a date in 1980 and verify if the changes took effect in the system. """ logging.info('Setting hwclock to 2/2/80 03:04:00') utils.system('/sbin/hwclock --set --date "2/2/80 03:04:00"') date = utils.system_output('LC_ALL=C /sbin/hwclock') if not re.match('Sat *Feb *2 *03:04:.. 1980', date): raise error.TestFail("Failed to set hwclock back to the eighties. " "Output of hwclock is '%s'" % date) def cleanup(self): """ Restore hardware clock to current system time. """ logging.info('Restoring the hardware clock') utils.system('/sbin/hwclock --systohc --noadjfile --utc')