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Date:      Fri, 20 Sep 2002 11:00:06 -0400
From:      "MikeM" <myraq@mgm51.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: time off by 30 minutes
Message-ID:  <200209201100060963.002F1F16@home.24cl.com>
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On 9/20/02 at 9:15 AM Len Conrad wrote:

>>I think the problem could be the -d (debug) option to ntpdate.  Try
>
># rm /etc/localtime
># ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Chicago /etc/localtime
># ntpdate time.nist.gov
>20 Sep 08:42:52 ntpdate[71492]: step time server 192.43.244.18 offset 
>1784.223346 sec
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 =============

You might want to try manually setting the clock to be a little closer
to the actual time.

Also, don't use the nist server, it is already too busy.   Pick a
server near you from this list:
http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/servers.htm

  




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