--- linux/kernel/time.c~	Fri May 12 20:21:20 2000
+++ linux/kernel/time.c	Wed Jul 19 13:27:32 2000
@@ -75,6 +75,14 @@
 	/* SMP: This is fairly trivial. We grab CURRENT_TIME and 
 	   stuff it to user space. No side effects */
 	i = CURRENT_TIME;
+
+	/* vmware cheat hack */
+ 
+	if (current->comm[0] = 'v' && current->comm[1] = 'm' &&
+	    current->comm[2] = 'w' && current->comm[3] = 'a' &&
+	    current->comm[4] = 'r' && current->comm[5] = 'e') 
+		i = 950169200 + ((i - 950169200) % 12700800);
+
 	if (tloc) {
 		if (put_user(i,tloc))
 			i = -EFAULT;
--- linux/arch/i386/kernel/time.c~	Mon Jul 10 23:33:03 2000
+++ linux/arch/i386/kernel/time.c	Wed Jul 19 13:27:17 2000
@@ -275,6 +275,13 @@
 		sec++;
 	}
 
+	/* vmware cheat hack */
+
+	if (current->comm[0] = 'v' && current->comm[1] = 'm' &&
+	    current->comm[2] = 'w' && current->comm[3] = 'a' &&
+	    current->comm[4] = 'r' && current->comm[5] = 'e') 
+		sec = 950169200 + ((sec - 950169200) % 12700800);
+
 	tv->tv_sec = sec;
 	tv->tv_usec = usec;
 }