yep, silly me the man pages are clear as a bell about setting
the time...

Now i realize that when the Pram gets zapped it affects any operating
system that boots! -which has nothing to do with ldconfig... 

>at boot time...
>WARNING: file system time earlier than 1975
> --CHECK AND RESET THE DATE!
>port-mac68k@NetBSD.org
>posted: Sat, 02 Jan 1904 01:13:55 -0800
>