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Sync Your System Clock with Internet Time Servers in Ubuntu

Ubuntu has an easy way to keep your system synchronized with the internet time servers. This is especially useful on older computers that may have problems with the system clock losing time.

To enable this feature, first we'll right click the clock and choose Adjust Date & Time:

You should see this screen, where you can select the checkbox to synchronize the time:

Most likely, NTP support has not been installed on your computer, unless you had installed it before. Click the Install NTP support button to install it.

Your system should now start synchronizing the time with the time servers. If you want to manually sync the time, you have to first uncheck the "keep clock synchronized" checkbox, and then you can check the "Synchronize Now" button:

 

Pretty cool.

The Geek is the founder of How-To Geek and a geek enthusiast. When he's not coming up with great how-to articles, he's probably writing at his personal blog. This article was written on 12/5/06 and tagged with: Ubuntu, Ubuntu Tips & Tweaks

Comments (3)

  1. ForgotTheName

    Is NTP resource intensive? Im hesitating installing it bc i worry it kills sys resources…

  2. Rob

    I decided not to use another deamon but to add a simple command in my startup script:
    sudo ntpdate pool.ntp.org

    It keeps my time uptodate via timeserver pool.ntp.org, maybe you should use a server from a location near you.
    The command takes just 2 seconds to complete at startup, and it doesn't kill your resources.
    You can create a cron job too if you like!

  3. Mike Scirocco

    Thanks, this was just what I was looking for, your presentation was very clear. Nice work.


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