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Re: GNU/Linux System Clock Drift

From Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks>
Subject Re: GNU/Linux System Clock Drift
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.advocacy
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Date 2025-05-10 21:40 +0000
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On 10 May 2025 16:09:58 GMT, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:

> 
> The hardware drifts, yes, there is no way around. But the system can
> estimate its drift and compensate for it. So, once again, unlike your
> beliefs, my hardware drift but my system doesn't.
> 

Both the hardware and system clocks will drift.

The hardware clock is maintained by the BIOS.

The system clock is maintained by counting the timer interrupts
and there are adjustments that can make this more accurate but
it will still drift.

That's why there is synchronization, usually, but not only,
with NTP time servers.

The issue becomes how often does the system clock need to be
synchronized.  I do this at each boot using openrdate.  The
distros probably do it much more often.  I could also do it
more often but I choose not to do so.

There is no need for me to sync frequently.  File time stamps
will never be more than a second or two off and that is of no
consequence.

But the important fact is that _I_ choose to do it.  I do not
follow any distro but make my own decisions.


> 
> Of course my system does include leap seconds. 
>

What does this command output:

TZ='/usr/share/zoneinfo/GMT' date +%s --date="May 10 2025"

It should output "1746835227."  If not then your system does
not include leap seconds.





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GNU/Linux System Clock Drift Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> - 2025-05-08 19:18 +0000
  Re: GNU/Linux System Clock Drift candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2025-05-09 19:50 +0000
    Re: GNU/Linux System Clock Drift Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2025-05-09 15:56 -0400
  Re: GNU/Linux System Clock Drift Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2025-05-09 21:19 +0000
    Re: GNU/Linux System Clock Drift Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2025-05-09 17:25 -0400
      Re: GNU/Linux System Clock Drift rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-10 03:23 +0000
        Re: GNU/Linux System Clock Drift Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2025-05-10 10:25 +0000
          Re: GNU/Linux System Clock Drift rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-10 19:51 +0000
            Re: GNU/Linux System Clock Drift Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> - 2025-05-10 21:55 +0000
            Re: GNU/Linux System Clock Drift candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2025-05-11 19:00 +0000
    Re: GNU/Linux System Clock Drift Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> - 2025-05-10 10:59 +0000
      Re: GNU/Linux System Clock Drift Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2025-05-10 07:03 -0400
      Re: GNU/Linux System Clock Drift Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2025-05-10 12:58 +0000
        Re: GNU/Linux System Clock Drift Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> - 2025-05-10 13:29 +0000
          Re: GNU/Linux System Clock Drift Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2025-05-10 10:26 -0400
            Re: GNU/Linux System Clock Drift Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2025-05-10 16:09 +0000
              Re: GNU/Linux System Clock Drift Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> - 2025-05-10 21:40 +0000
                Re: Farley Fucktard brags about setting his clock (was: GNU/Linux System Clock Drift) Tyrone <none@none.none> - 2025-05-11 14:51 +0000
                Re: Farley Fucktard brags about setting his clock (was: GNU/Linux System Clock Drift) Farley Flud <fflud@gnu.rocks> - 2025-05-11 15:40 +0000
                Re: Farley Fucktard brags about setting his clock (was: GNU/Linux System Clock Drift) Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2025-05-11 15:02 -0400
              Re: GNU/Linux System Clock Drift Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-05-12 01:26 +0000
                Re: GNU/Linux System Clock Drift Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2025-05-16 20:32 +0000
                Re: GNU/Linux System Clock Drift % <pursent100@gmail.com> - 2025-05-16 13:41 -0700
            Re: GNU/Linux System Clock Drift Rudy Canoza <rudy.c@kone.net> - 2025-05-11 07:02 -0400
              Re: GNU/Linux System Clock Drift Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2025-05-11 08:01 -0400
                Re: GNU/Linux System Clock Drift Rudy Canoza <rudy.c@kone.net> - 2025-05-11 09:24 -0400
                Re: GNU/Linux System Clock Drift Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2025-05-11 15:01 -0400
                Re: GNU/Linux System Clock Drift Rudy Canoza <rudy.c@kone.net> - 2025-05-11 16:14 -0400
                Re: GNU/Linux System Clock Drift Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2025-05-11 16:21 -0400
                Re: GNU/Linux System Clock Drift Rudy Canoza <rudy.c@kone.net> - 2025-05-12 03:39 -0400
                Re: GNU/Linux System Clock Drift Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2025-05-12 03:45 -0400
                Re: GNU/Linux System Clock Drift Rudy Canoza <rudy.c@kone.net> - 2025-05-12 04:14 -0400
                Re: GNU/Linux System Clock Drift Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2025-05-12 04:26 -0400
                Re: GNU/Linux System Clock Drift Rudy Canoza <rudy.c@kone.net> - 2025-05-12 09:27 -0400
                Re: GNU/Linux System Clock Drift vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2025-05-12 10:26 +0000
                Re: GNU/Linux System Clock Drift Rudy Canoza <rudy.c@kone.net> - 2025-05-12 09:28 -0400
                Re: GNU/Linux System Clock Drift vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2025-05-12 14:05 +0000
                Re: GNU/Linux System Clock Drift Rudy Canoza <rudy.c@kone.net> - 2025-05-12 10:27 -0400
                Re: GNU/Linux System Clock Drift vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2025-05-12 14:51 +0000
                Re: GNU/Linux System Clock Drift Scott Doty <doty@dooty.net> - 2025-05-12 11:00 -0400
                Re: GNU/Linux System Clock Drift Rudy Canoza <rudy.c@kone.net> - 2025-05-12 12:01 -0400
                Re: GNU/Linux System Clock Drift Rudy Canoza <rudy.c@kone.net> - 2025-05-12 11:03 -0400
                Re: GNU/Linux System Clock Drift CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-05-12 20:30 -0400
                Re: GNU/Linux System Clock Drift CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-05-11 20:28 -0400
                Re: GNU/Linux System Clock Drift Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2025-05-11 20:32 -0400
                Re: GNU/Linux System Clock Drift Rudy Canoza <rudy.c@kone.net> - 2025-05-12 03:40 -0400

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