Re: ntpd: adjusting local clock, but it doesn't

On Mon Dec 29, 2025 at 11:21 AM UTC, Dorian Buettner wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Dec 2025 05:37:02 +0000
> "H. Hartzer" <h@hartzer.sh> wrote:
>
>> Dec 29 05:19:23 myhost ntpd[50297]: adjusting local clock by
>> 519.109281s Dec 29 05:20:27 myhost ntpd[50297]: adjusting local clock
>> by 518.792356s
>>
>> Right after it adjusts the local clock, I check, and it's still 518~
>> seconds behind.
>
> man ntpd - adjustment ("adjusting", progressive form iirc) is ongoing,
> by speeding up or down your local clock until it matches ntp time

I see, thank you! I noticed that it seemed to adjust it by maybe a half
second per minute.

I think the log message is very confusing. Maybe it should say:

adjusting local clock by 0.49 seconds (518 seconds to go)

-Henrich