linux "date -s" command not working to change date on a server
- by nelaar
date +%T --set="12:19:06"
12:19:06
date
Mon Nov 26 12:37:32 SAST 2012
I have tried many different forms of this command but nothing seams to work. In changing the date on this computer server running as VM is not working.
Our messages log show messages like thise
ntpd[3496]: time correction of -1098 seconds exceeds sanity limit (1000); set clock manually to the correct UTC time.
Our server is now about 20 minutes out.
It seams like our server has not been updating the time correctly for a few days.
Nov 22 19:29:23 hostname ntpd[1818]: time reset -998.577519 s
Nov 22 19:32:34 hostname ntpd[1818]: synchronized to LOCAL(0), stratum 10
Nov 22 19:33:39 hostname ntpd[1818]: synchronized to 41.134.20.28, stratum 1
Nov 22 19:52:30 hostname ntpd[1818]: time reset -998.992426 s
Nov 22 19:55:47 hostname ntpd[1818]: synchronized to LOCAL(0), stratum 10
Nov 22 19:56:53 hostname ntpd[1818]: synchronized to 41.134.20.28, stratum 1
Nov 22 20:13:04 hostname ntpd[1818]: time reset -999.374412 s
Nov 22 20:16:40 hostname ntpd[1818]: synchronized to LOCAL(0), stratum 10
Nov 22 20:17:44 hostname ntpd[1818]: synchronized to 41.134.20.28, stratum 1
Nov 22 20:32:02 hostname ntpd[1818]: time reset -999.716832 s
Nov 22 20:35:28 hostname ntpd[1818]: synchronized to LOCAL(0), stratum 10
Nov 22 20:36:16 hostname ntpd[1818]: synchronized to 41.134.20.28, stratum 1
Nov 22 20:56:39 hostname ntpd[1818]: time correction of -1000 seconds exceeds sanity limit (1000); set clock manually to the correct UTC time.
