Sync time with NTP on Ubuntu 12.04 - lifuzu/cafe GitHub Wiki

  1. Install ntp package:

  sudo apt-get install ntp
  1. Tune the NTP server (/etc/ntp.conf)

  \# Use servers from the NTP Pool Project. Approved by Ubuntu Technical Board
  \# on 2011-02-08 (LP: \#104525). See http://www.pool.ntp.org/join.html for
  \# more information.
  server 0.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org
  server 1.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org
  server 2.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org
  server 3.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org
  

  sudo /etc/init.d/ntp reload
  1. View the status:

  $ sudo ntpq -p
       remote           refid      st t when poll reach   delay   offset  jitter
   diane.ensma.fr  192.93.2.20      2 u    9   64    3  161.164  309969.   2.394
   ns.rnl.ist.utl. 150.214.94.5     2 u    8   64    3  190.486  127.283   0.830
   64.246.132.14   .CDMA.           1 u    6   64    3   79.594  124.674   1.119
   time.shf.uk.as4 89.36.197.2      3 u   10   64    3  157.356  119.386   0.467
   golem.canonical 193.79.237.14    2 u   10   64    3  147.839  130.300   2.456

#References:

  1. https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/serverguide/NTP.html
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