Resetting clock local time.

[rajibando]

This value is wrong; did you write it manually?

No, I pasted without putting a line break between the code and output (i.e., Enter Key)

This value is wrong; did you write it manually? Now, what's the output from

cat /etc/timezone

within your Debian and Knoppix?

This part is already settled (please remember to visit my earlier posts). My debian setting is Asia/Kolkata.
My knoppix setting resets itself to the settings for usa after every boot:

What I did was ... every time I boot the time is reset to that of the USA, ...

and

... I installed ntp, ntpdate, etc., and then used this application to set date time. But whatever I set is undone the next time I boot...the localisation I set remains as of India between powerdown and powerup.