How to enable time synchronization on linux luckily most distributions implement one form or another of time synchronization out of the box.
Ntp server clock sync.
In operation since before 1985 ntp is one of the oldest internet protocols in current use.
It s an algorithm designed to synchronize computer clocks through network connections and keep them accurate.
The machine can have the system clock use coordinated universal time utc rather than local time.
Ntp was designed by david l.
Ntp is an acronym for network time protocol.
Mills of the university of delaware.
The network time protocol ntp is a protocol used to synchronize computer system clock automatically over a networks.
Nominal freq is 249 5901 hz actual freq is 249 5873 hz precision is 2 18.
Clock offset is 7 0256 msec root delay is 168 08 msec.
Clock is synchronized stratum 4 reference is 172 17 2 166.
The network time protocol ntp is a networking protocol for clock synchronization between computer systems over packet switched variable latency data networks.