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grep -P clock= /etc/conf.d/hwclock # check if set to UTC

set system time via chrony

emerge -a chrony

tell chronyd that the machine will be assumed to have gone offline when 2 requests have been sent to it without receiving a response.

sed -i -nr 's/iburst$/& auto_offline/g; p;' /etc/chrony/chrony.conf

In such case re enable polling wiht

chronyc online

Use UTC:

sed -i -r '$a\\n# assume UTC\nrtconutc' /etc/chrony/chrony.conf

add service to default runlevel

rc-update chronyd start
rc-update add chronyd default