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Does date -s command ignore NTP service?

I am synchronizing time using GPSD and Chrony. However, if the time is manually changed with date -s while the NTP service is active, synchronization is not possible again. If time is changed with ...
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Ways to accurate synchronize clock with linux

I have a computer that doesn't has internet, I put NTP to sync with a USB GPS and serve NTP to other computers. That's working, but sometimes the server is not suitable for synchronization and I need ...
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ntp sync issue after setting time with date command

one of our servers had not accessed the time server for a long time. After access is turned on; my colleague has notice date is wrong and setting time with date command. After this I have restarted ...
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date/time setting does not work after unplugging power adapter or sudden power cut in linux

For some reason, I want to configure the date/time in my Linux (CentOS 6.5) to be different from the REAL date/time, but the setting won't work if I turn my computer(desktop not laptop if this matters,...
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NTP daemon or ntpdate doesn't synchronize

I'm having some problems with synchronization with an NTP server. 1) The NTP daemon doesn't sync the system clock at all, even though it's running (confirmed with /etc/init.d/ntp status). Forcing to ...
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How can I permanently fix my date synchronize problem in linux?

Ubuntu 7.10 server i386 clock/date/time won't stay in sync. Are their log files I can view to tell when the clock changes? For a temporary fix, I created a file in /etc/cron.hourly: #!/bin/sh ntpdate ...
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How to change time (Advanced Eastern Time) on Slackware 8.1

I have a linux (Slackware) machine and the time/date is like, June 23rd 2003, 10:00am (It's 11 here) and I am not able to set the time to have it correct. I change the timezome to Montreal but the ...
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