The MacOs has the standard UNIX suite of commands. ntpdate - set the date from an NTP server. ntpd - run an NTP server (requires a config file to list NTP peers to use Also if you use ntpd you should ensure it gets autostarted via launch or rc init files. ntpdc and ntpq - commands to query and control ntp daemons both locally and remotely.
I use to run ntpdc status 127.0.0.1 on login each morning to ensure my Network of time peers were all behaving. Jonathan On Jun 16, 2011, at 7:44 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > Hi, > > Yes the MacOS will do a regular time synchronization with whatever NTP server > you have set it to. This is set in the Date & Time System Pref in the > regular GUI. Anything that you can do with the GUI you can usually do in the > Terminal, so I would expect that there is but I'm not familiar with it. I'll > look into it and see what I can find. > > Later... > > On 2011-06-16, at 5:25 PM, .dan. wrote: > >> >> Does the mac os do a regular time update from the net to keep it's clock >> current? >> >> Does anyone know if there is a command for use in the terminal to do this? >> >> >> XB >> IC|XC >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
