Feature Request: Possible to update clock via web interface?

[vader7071]

Currently my pi does not have internet access, so I have to manually update the clock. So far, the only way I have found to do this is via SSH using the sudo date -s "YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS" command.

Would it be possible to add a way to update the clock via the GUI web interface of OpenRepeater?

[Dloranger]

without adding a real-time clock, your time will drift out of sync quickly on the raspberry pi. you should rather give internet access for time keeping, or look into adding an external RTC chip (fairly cheap and easy to do, lots of resources online)

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[vader7071]

Looking to get internet eventually. I was not aware of an RTC chip for the pi, I will look into that, thank you.

Trick is, getting internet access will be tricky, since one repeater is inside a hospital and the other is inside a government building. Getting access to their network is not an easy ask, and I don't want to shell out a bunch of money for T-Mobile or StarLink just for that one device.

[abcrawford]

Another option for setting time would be to add a GPS receiver. You'd probably need to have a script that runs in the background. I haven't messed with any thing like that in a while, but I'm sure there are guides out there.

If you need internet and you aren't too far from the site, maybe P2P radios could be an option.