--- clock.bak	2006-07-10 22:54:15.000000000 -0400
+++ clock	1903-12-31 19:22:33.000000000 -0500
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@
 	elif [[ $(uname -m) == s390* ]] ; then
 		TBLURB="s390"
 		fakeit=1
+	elif [[ $(/sbin/hwclock | cut -d" " -f 5) < 1970 ]] ; then
+		ewarn "Please check your hardware clock, it has a date set before 1970."
+		fakeit=1
 	elif [[ ${CLOCK} == "UTC" ]] ; then
 		myopts="--utc"
 		TBLURB="UTC"