Share 'Resetting the instrument cluster clock ??'

I have a 2009 Passion I picked up in late December 2008. According to the manual, one presses the LEFT button until the colon in the time display blinks, then uses the left and right buttons to adjust the time. I KNOW that pressing the left button for more than a few seconds makes the TRIP METER first blink, then reset to zero. Sure enough, when I tried to adjust the clock for (ridiculously earl…