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NTP Time server

seanbranagh
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NTP Time server

‎29-03-2010 12:14 AM

On my CentOS web server I use uk.pool.ntp.org using a cron job daily. For some reason it did not move forward an hour today so I done it manually.
Then at midnight when the cron job ran again the time went back an hour again. What am I missing? Surly the time server is not at the wrong time?
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seanbranagh
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Re: NTP Time server

‎29-03-2010 12:44 AM

I found the answer. My server was set to GMT and for some reason this does not change with DST. By changeing the timezone to Europe/London the issue was resolved.
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Ben_Brown
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Re: NTP Time server

‎30-03-2010 12:13 PM

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My server was set to GMT and for some reason this does not change with DST.

That's right, GMT is always GMT, regardless of the time of year. Europe/London is the correct one to use for us in the UK. Out of interest is there any reason you're updating daily with a cronjob rather then running ntpd?
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