#719577 screen: clock in status line stops working if system time has been set to an earlier time

Package:
screen
Source:
screen
Description:
terminal multiplexer with VT100/ANSI terminal emulation
Submitter:
Axel Beckert
Date:
2015-06-13 23:39:09 UTC
Severity:
minor
#719577#5
Date:
2013-08-13 09:55:12 UTC
From:
To:
I've set 'hardstatus alwayslastline "%H: %n %t | %w | %l | %c:%s"' in my
.screenrc. The clock in the status line stops if the system time is set
to an earlier time, e.g. via ntpdate:

# ntpdate time1.ethz.ch
13 Aug 10:57:58 ntpdate[8848]: step time server 192.33.96.101 offset -2999.553470 sec
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Detaching and reattaching solves the issue.

See for http://bugs.debian.org/674907 for the reason of such time shifts.