On Mon Dec 29, 2025 at 11:21 AM UTC, Dorian Buettner wrote: > On Mon, 29 Dec 2025 05:37:02 +0000 > "H. Hartzer" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Dec 29 05:19:23 myhost ntpd[50297]: adjusting local clock by >> 519.109281s Dec 29 05:20:27 myhost ntpd[50297]: adjusting local clock >> by 518.792356s >> >> Right after it adjusts the local clock, I check, and it's still 518~ >> seconds behind. > > man ntpd - adjustment ("adjusting", progressive form iirc) is ongoing, > by speeding up or down your local clock until it matches ntp time
I see, thank you! I noticed that it seemed to adjust it by maybe a half second per minute. I think the log message is very confusing. Maybe it should say: adjusting local clock by 0.49 seconds (518 seconds to go) -Henrich
