Day: March 4, 2025

rocky linux enable time sync – ntp timedatectl

[root@lp-knode-1 ~]# date
Tue Mar  4 19:32:46 IST 2025

[root@lp-knode-1 ~]# timedatectl
               Local time: Tue 2025-03-04 19:33:01 IST
           Universal time: Tue 2025-03-04 14:03:01 UTC
                 RTC time: Tue 2025-03-04 14:27:56
                Time zone: Asia/Kolkata (IST, +0530)
System clock synchronized: no
              NTP service: inactive
          RTC in local TZ: no


[root@lp-knode-1 ~]# timedatectl set-ntp on
[root@lp-knode-1 ~]# timedatectl status
               Local time: Tue 2025-03-04 20:00:13 IST
           Universal time: Tue 2025-03-04 14:30:13 UTC
                 RTC time: Tue 2025-03-04 14:30:13
                Time zone: Asia/Kolkata (IST, +0530)
System clock synchronized: yes
              NTP service: active
          RTC in local TZ: no

[root@lp-knode-1 ~]# date
Tue Mar  4 20:00:17 IST 2025