From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Jun 5 22:23:20 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0327C15BAC69 for ; Wed, 5 Jun 2019 22:23:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwmaillists@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-wr1-x435.google.com (mail-wr1-x435.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::435]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (128/128 bits) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "GTS CA 1O1" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BCAE46F4F8 for ; Wed, 5 Jun 2019 22:23:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwmaillists@googlemail.com) Received: by mail-wr1-x435.google.com with SMTP id x4so335342wrt.6 for ; Wed, 05 Jun 2019 15:23:18 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to :references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=Ssz6oaNsCoauvzQgUftKkDI+VHKnN3tYTpepD0yrvY8=; b=apyh6SIldeS/C6tZN9FCNzCgSdojKkA2fr5rIOTXCWdjVVSDocUgzDQq08YmMKZFpv t/8I0s8GahYSpOcgJiXNvtmiWAxcqOm896OHm7D595TnJ0o17MbvIJ9BtO2wAmz4bTZB NlQxomgW5PrSsbGt7Sj/XsLFaeZ/aIe2uWY5/51eIB2LoCHf9shUNyKU/kHO5V+LVpEG rqHxevk2zd1XptDeihDYm5J8n7jDcHsE6TPrgkUq04VAd/sCB/dmxuuaFxlP6pMHShNv NgXfZPfibWtYSsYsfjDC196Ih0KVzJcU0TkYr+/J6ALRS6KKn47B7/zvvlGhocqHVIeh nyaA== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAWNkBwDZhj0MlxPxanJbx02JOqnhGUjJ7i2VudqUglQ9y3kt+Rv G2UBI0YiAH62/JMjSEidSDV640BG X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqyT4cfHAbuW4UmcfOvG4flZuw1NhKRxNuy0SIElZ8gVVf7I3OSo+EkB5iEcZz88hqUHtdUPXQ== X-Received: by 2002:adf:cc92:: with SMTP id p18mr12739472wrj.260.1559773397325; Wed, 05 Jun 2019 15:23:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gumby.homeunix.com ([2.217.168.41]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id q20sm250294wra.36.2019.06.05.15.23.16 for (version=TLS1_3 cipher=AEAD-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256/256); Wed, 05 Jun 2019 15:23:16 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2019 23:23:14 +0100 From: RW To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ntpd configutration -- a small suggestion from the peanut gallery Message-ID: <20190605232314.5432c5f0@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <52339.1559763722@segfault.tristatelogic.com> References: <58688a77362d7caad70df844d5077d0916f7f944.camel@smormegpa.no> <52339.1559763722@segfault.tristatelogic.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.17.3 (GTK+ 2.24.32; amd64-portbld-freebsd12.0) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: BCAE46F4F8 X-Spamd-Bar: ------ X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-6.79 / 15.00]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip6:2a00:1450:4000::/36]; FREEMAIL_FROM(0.00)[googlemail.com]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[googlemail.com:+]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[googlemail.com,quarantine]; MX_GOOD(-0.01)[alt3.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com,alt4.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com,gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com,alt2.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com,alt1.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.98)[-0.981,0]; RECEIVED_SPAMHAUS_PBL(0.00)[41.168.217.2.zen.spamhaus.org : 127.0.0.10]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; FREEMAIL_ENVFROM(0.00)[googlemail.com]; ASN(0.00)[asn:15169, ipnet:2a00:1450::/32, country:US]; DWL_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[googlemail.com.dwl.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.0]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[googlemail.com:s=20161025]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; IP_SCORE(-2.80)[ip: (-9.30), ipnet: 2a00:1450::/32(-2.33), asn: 15169(-2.30), country: US(-0.06)]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[5.3.4.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.2.0.0.4.6.8.4.0.5.4.1.0.0.a.2.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.0] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2019 22:23:20 -0000 On Wed, 05 Jun 2019 12:42:02 -0700 Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: > >Anyway, even if it seems to work now, I'd check if your time is > >based on localtime or GMT. It's recommended to use GMT, I never use > >localtime personally. > > For me, I prefer local time. When I type "date" I don't really give a > flying fig what time it is in London. I'm in California. What the CMOS clock is set to only affects the time you see when you boot into your motherboard's configuration. It doesn't determine what date(1) displays. Traditionally UNIX runs on UTC and converts to local time as necessary. Running on local time is supported for dual booting with Windows.