Atomic clock sync program?

08-24-2009	#1 (permalink)
bobo60 Just Joined! Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 26	Atomic clock sync program? hello, is there a program for linux, that will alow you to sync your puter with an atomic clock? i used to be able to do this when i was running windows xp...bob

08-24-2009	#2 (permalink)
ozar Super Moderator Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 12,056	You could check out NTP to see if it will meet your needs: ntp.org: Home of the Network Time Protocol __________________ oz New Members: * README *

08-24-2009	#3 (permalink)
KingX Just Joined! Join Date: May 2006 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 66	I second the use of NTP, here is a very nice tutorial that wil help you get started with NTP. NTP - Network Time Protocol

08-31-2009

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Quote:

Originally Posted by bobo60

hello,

is there a program for linux, that will alow you to sync your puter with an atomic clock? i used to be able to do this when i was running windows xp...bob

I have a cron entry synching my clock once a day...

/usr/sbin/ntpdate 132.163.4.101;/sbin/hwclock --systohc

132.163.4.101 is time-a.timefreq.bldrdoc.gov

09-20-2009	#5 (permalink)
zzdodge Just Joined! Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 3	I just have a cron job do: /usr/sbin/ntpupdate pool.ntp.org 1>> /var/log/messages Run it about once an hour. Your log will show you your drift, and then you can adjust how often you use it.

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