auth.log shows wrong date and hostname

[alfmarius]

Hi, my /var/log/auth.log shows the wrong date and hostname, I've tried everything, but can't get it right. Any idea?

root@outcast [/etc] date
Thu Oct  2 03:45:20 CEST 2008
root@outcast [/etc] hostname
outcast
root@outcast [/etc] tail -f /var/log/auth.log
Oct  1 18:46:06 wronghostname sshd[25894]: Invalid user asdf from x.x.x.x
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[alfmarius]

found help in another forum:

/etc/init.d/sysklogd restart

did the trick.