ntpdate-debian(8)

ntpdate-debian8

Set the date and time via ntp

Usage

ntpdate-debian [-46bBdqsuv] [-a key] [-k keyfile] [-o version] [-t timeout] server []

Overview

ntpdate-debian is identical to ntpdate(8) except that it uses the configuration in /etc/default/ntpsec-ntpdate by default. ntpdate sets the local date and time by polling the Network Time Protocol (NTP) server(s) given as the server argument(s) to determine the correct time.

Releases

10 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 4.0–9
  2. 10–13

From ntpsec-ntpdate 1.2.3+dfsg1-8 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.