Help with ntpd

[Matthias Oestreicher]

On Sat, 2019-04-27 at 21:13 +0000, Montgomery-Smith, Stephen wrote:
> On 4/27/19 1:21 PM, Jon Radel wrote:
> > On 4/27/19 13:30, Montgomery-Smith, Stephen wrote:
> > > For some reason, ntpd has stopped correcting the time on my FreeBSD
> > > computer.  After 12 hours, my clock has fallen back 4 hours!  So it is
> > > very serious.
> > > 
> > 
> > Does it then stabilize at 4 hours precisely? In Missouri, which I
> > believe is currently at 4 hours offset from UTC?
> 
> I think the time difference between Missouri and UTC is 5 hours.
> 
> > 
> > If so, I'd suggest that you've done something unfortunate with your
> > timezone and related settings, though personally I'm having trouble
> > coming up with a model where ntpdate gives you the result you expect and
> > ntpd doesn't.  What timezone do your kernel clock and your CMOS/hardware
> > clock believe they're in?
> 
> Everything should be local time.  This is the only OS on this computer.

I could imagine your BIOS battery is dead.

Does the file /etc/wall_cmos_clock exist?

If yes, set the BIOS clock to your local time.

If not, set your BIOS clock to GMT.

Hope that helps
-Matthias

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