incorrect time

[Gene Heskett]

On Friday 10 May 2013 21:41:09 George Dvorak did opine:

> Fixed my problem where my clock displayed UTC time no matter which time
> zone was selected.
> 
> However, I still am unable to set the ntp clock. I get the message
> "*Unable to contact time server: Public Time Server (pool.ntp.org).*"

gene at coyote:/$ ping pool.ntp.org
PING pool.ntp.org (204.2.134.162) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from paladin.latt.net (204.2.134.162): icmp_seq=1 ttl=46 time=111 
ms
64 bytes from paladin.latt.net (204.2.134.162): icmp_seq=2 ttl=46 time=101 
ms
64 bytes from paladin.latt.net (204.2.134.162): icmp_seq=3 ttl=46 time=100 
ms

You would hazard a guess that you have a bad dns lookup.  And please note 
that pool.ntp.org is a round robin server so you will probably get many 
different addresses if you repeat the ping.  Experimentally, I have found 
them all to be within 50ms of each other, so any errors are moot unless you 
are aiming the Keck Telescope by them. 
> 
> On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 4:07 PM, Sarunas Burdulis <
> 
> sarunas at math.dartmouth.edu> wrote:
> > On 05/10/2013 11:58 AM, Errol Sapir wrote:
> > > I have tried all ecomendations by Jose, James and Jose ut the change
> > > doesnt occur. The computer seems to be "stuck" in the UTC mode.
> > > Nothing I do changes the time even though the definitions are
> > > correct. Below are the results of the suggestios made to me but
> > > none of the times remained corrected. They all revertd back to UTC.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > errol at errol-linux:~$ date -u
> > > Fri May 10 15:49:03 UTC 2013
> > > errol at errol-linux:~$ ntpdate -q pool.ntp.org
> > > server 212.199.182.150, stratum 2, offset -0.389331, delay 0.03946
> > > server 212.25.117.210, stratum 2, offset -0.391075, delay 0.03981
> > > 10 May 15:49:34 ntpdate[13833]: adjust time server 212.199.182.150
> > > offset -0.389331 sec
> > > errol at errol-linux:~$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure tzdata
> > > [sudo] password for errol:
> > > 
> > > Current default time zone: 'Asia/Jerusalem'
> > > Local time is now:      Fri May 10 18:51:35 IDT 2013.
> > > Universal Time is now:  Fri May 10 15:51:35 UTC 2013.
> > > 
> > > errol at errol-linux:~$
> > > 
> > > Any more ideas??
> > 
> > Your time/settings seem correct. Do you mean time displayed in, e.g.,
> > Digital Clock widget on KDE panel? Then right-click on it,
> > ...Settings, Time Zones and checkmark your time zone.
> > 
> > Sarunas Burdulis
> > http://math.dartmouth.edu/~sarunas
> > 
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