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After installation, date is still in 2000:

$ date
Sat Jan 1 01:24:09 CET 2000

To set time on ALIX boards:

$ apt-get install ntpdate
$ ntpdate 0.debian.pool.ntp.org

Query date:

$ date
Thu Mar 3 17:56:28 CET 2011

Then install ntp deamon to keep time updated:

$ apt-get install ntp