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| From | Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: What time is it, really? |
| Date | 2018-08-09 17:20 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <wkUTg-55w-21@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <wkUgx-4Cg-5@gated-at.bofh.it> <wkUgx-4Cg-11@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
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On Thu, Aug 09, 2018 at 10:35:23AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: >On Thu, Aug 09, 2018 at 07:19:46AM -0700, Fred wrote: >> So I installed ntpdate as suggested but it is >> not active yet. > >Whoever suggested that is using outdated information. Install ntp and >not ntpdate. > >The current versions of the ntp package (since, like, Debian 6.x I think) >incorporate the one-time clock slamming feature of ntpdate, so you don't >need ntpdate at all. > >> If I ask google what time it is in Mesa AZ. the response agrees closely with >> an "atomic" clock I have. The computer clock is about 10 min. fast. > >Once you've had ntp installed for several minutes (and possibly rebooted, >if your clock was particularly bad), you can query it with "ntpq -p" to >see how it's doing. > >Unfortunately, the output format of ntpq -p isn't DOCUMENTED anywhere, so >it's a bit cryptic. The most important thing to know, which is not stated >anywhere except word of mouth like this email, is that the "offset" column >is reporting milliseconds, not seconds. > Actually, quoting http://doc.ntp.org/current-stable/debug.html: "Note that, except for explicit calendar dates, times are in milliseconds and frequencies are in parts-per-million (PPM). Additionally, from http://doc.ntp.org/current-stable/ntpq.html#rv (rv allows one to read the offset for a particular association directly), "Note that time values are represented in milliseconds and frequency values in parts-per-million (PPM)." -- For more information, please reread.
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What time is it, really? Fred <fred@blakemfg.com> - 2018-08-09 16:40 +0200
Re: What time is it, really? Martin <keine-eile@online.de> - 2018-08-09 16:40 +0200
Re: What time is it, really? Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-08-09 16:40 +0200
Re: What time is it, really? Jim Popovitch <jim@k4vqc.com> - 2018-08-09 17:00 +0200
Re: What time is it, really? Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-08-09 17:10 +0200
Re: What time is it, really? Jim Popovitch <jim@k4vqc.com> - 2018-08-09 17:10 +0200
Re: What time is it, really? john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2018-08-09 20:40 +0200
Re: What time is it, really? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-08-09 21:50 +0200
Re: What time is it, really? Fred <fred@blakemfg.com> - 2018-08-09 23:40 +0200
Re: What time is it, really? Shea Alterio <krusete@gmail.com> - 2018-08-10 00:00 +0200
Re: What time is it, really? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-08-10 17:20 +0200
Re: What time is it, really? Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2018-08-10 17:40 +0200
Re: What time is it, really? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-08-10 21:50 +0200
Re: What time is it, really? Fred <fred@blakemfg.com> - 2018-08-10 18:40 +0200
Re: What time is it, really? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-08-10 19:50 +0200
Re: What time is it, really? Fekete Tamás <fektom@gmail.com> - 2018-08-10 19:50 +0200
Re: What time is it, really? Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-08-10 20:10 +0200
Re: What time is it, really? Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-08-10 20:20 +0200
Re: What time is it, really? Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2018-08-10 23:00 +0200
Re: What time is it, really? Fekete Tamás <fektom@gmail.com> - 2018-08-11 11:10 +0200
Re: What time is it, really? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-08-10 22:40 +0200
Re: What time is it, really? Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-08-09 17:10 +0200
Re: What time is it, really? Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk> - 2018-08-09 17:20 +0200
Re: What time is it, really? Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-08-09 18:00 +0200
Re: What time is it, really? Andre Majorel <aym-naibed@teaser.fr> - 2018-08-09 19:10 +0200
Re: What time is it, really? Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2018-08-09 19:20 +0200
Re: What time is it, really? Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2018-08-09 20:00 +0200
Re: What time is it, really? deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2018-08-10 01:30 +0200
Re: What time is it, really? Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2018-08-09 16:50 +0200
OT: What time is it, really? Martin <keine-eile@online.de> - 2018-08-09 17:10 +0200
Re: OT: What time is it, really? Martin <keine-eile@online.de> - 2018-08-09 17:20 +0200
Re: OT: What time is it, really? Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2018-08-09 17:50 +0200
Re: OT: What time is it, really? Martin <keine-eile@online.de> - 2018-08-09 18:10 +0200
Re: OT: What time is it, really? Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-08-09 18:20 +0200
Re: OT: What time is it, really? Martin <keine-eile@online.de> - 2018-08-09 18:30 +0200
Re: OT: What time is it, really? Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-08-09 19:40 +0200
Re: OT: What time is it, really? Anders Andersson <pipatron@gmail.com> - 2018-08-10 12:00 +0200
Re: OT: What time is it, really? Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-08-10 13:50 +0200
Re: OT: What time is it, really? Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2018-08-09 17:20 +0200
Re: What time is it, really? Fred <fred@blakemfg.com> - 2018-08-09 18:50 +0200
Re: What time is it, really? Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2018-08-09 19:00 +0200
Re: What time is it, really? Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-08-09 19:00 +0200
Re: What time is it, really? Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2018-08-09 20:00 +0200
Re: What time is it, really? Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-08-09 16:50 +0200
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