Just discovered that it seems to be an Ubuntu thing that systemd-timesyncd is installed as a package. To test whether your system is running it, you should really do (on Debian):
*systemctl status systemd-timesyncd* -tk On Mon, Feb 1, 2021 at 1:06 PM Tom Keffer <[email protected]> wrote: > systemd comes with a simplified client-only time service called > systemd-timesyncd <https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/systemd-timesyncd>, > which, on many systems, is on by default. You should run either > systemd-timesyncd or ntp, but not both. > > To see if you are already running systemd-timesyncd: > > *apt list --installed | grep systemd-timesyncd* > > > To see if you are running ntp: > > *apt list --installed | grep ntp* > > > Personally, I run the systemd version, because it is smaller and simpler. > If you want to do this, first remove ntp (if it has been installed): > > *sudo apt remove ntp* > > > Then enable the systemd version: > > *sudo timedatectl set-ntp true* > > > To see its status: > > *timedatectl status* > > > This should really be in the wiki somewhere... > > *-tk* > > > On Mon, Feb 1, 2021 at 9:46 AM vince <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Monday, February 1, 2021 at 8:35:05 AM UTC-8 Michael wrote: >> >>> Your answer is once again a reason for me to deal with the topic of time >>> synchronisation on different computers >>> >> >> Just install ntp on all your computers. There's a reason it's been >> around for 30 years. It works. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "weewx-user" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/1ed17db3-9c68-47b3-bca9-bc0e74434d3en%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/1ed17db3-9c68-47b3-bca9-bc0e74434d3en%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/CAPq0zEBhJD5g_bK3Ti3bAWeob%3DVz%2B56uWp%2BAsuUsxUB4cNFYPA%40mail.gmail.com.
