How to synchronize date and time in linux console ?

How to synchronize date and time in linux console ?


# yum install ntp
# chkconfig ntpd on
# ntpdate pool.ntp.org
# /etc/init.d/ntpd start

How to synchronize date and time for hardware clock in Linux ?

# hwclock --systohc

I’ve sync the time for my CentOS 5.6 using this way.

To check your current date,

# date
Wed Apr 20 18:58:28 MYT 2011

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• CentOS 5.6 sync
• current time in linux
• hardware clock
• linux console
• ntpd date time sync
• set time in linux
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• synchornize date time