[buug] NTP Time Setting

Dave Barry dave at mikamyla.com
Wed Oct 2 13:28:53 PDT 2002


Quothe Joseph Zitt <jzitt at josephzitt.com>, on Wed, Oct 02, 2002:
> I'm trying to figure out how to set my system clock by a remote system,
> but the more that I read, the less I understand. Could someone suggest
> a one-liner command (or something similarly simple) by which I could
> set my clock from an appropriate host?
> 
> Thanks for any enlightenment.

The deprecated way of doing this is:
	
	$ ntpdate <server-name>

I use:
	$ ntpdate tick.mit.edu

but check out a list of public ntp servers at 
	
	http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/clock1.htm

I believe the official way of doing things is to run ntpd locally,
and have it adjust the clock gradually, rather than in one foul swoop via
ntpdate. 

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