Unnamed sources report that Steve Sykes said:
>
> Is there a time program that will connect to NIST via the internet and
> automatically update my computer clock? I would like it to do it while
> it is connected to grab the mail if possible.
This needs to be run as root to update the system clock:
rdate -s time.nist.gov
hwclock --systohc
man rdate
man hwclock
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