{"id":3072,"date":"2024-05-24T04:57:04","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T04:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigboxhost.com\/blog\/?p=3072"},"modified":"2024-05-24T04:58:55","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T04:58:55","slug":"quickest-way-to-sync-date-time-on-linux-server","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigboxhost.com\/blog\/quickest-way-to-sync-date-time-on-linux-server\/","title":{"rendered":"Quickest Way to Sync Date\/Time on Linux Server"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many times you might have noticed the server time is off-sync.  This can cause issues with logs and scheduled tasks, so it&#8217;s important to keep the server time accurate. One of the quickest ways to sync the date\/time on a Linux server is by using the following command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>sudo date -s \"$(wget -qSO- --max-redirect=0 google.com 2>&amp;1 | grep Date: | cut -d' ' -f5-8)Z\"<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By this, you can easily update the time without using NTP protocol or ntpupdate commands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you want to sync the data\/time on a daily basis, you can do it by adding the following line to your crontab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To edit crontab, use command.<br><code>sudo crontab -e<br><\/code>On the new line add the following line to your crontab file and save it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>0 0 * * * sudo date -s \"$(wget -qSO- --max-redirect=0 google.com 2>&amp;1 | grep Date: | cut -d' ' -f5-8)Z\"<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is to create the cron that will sync your device date and time every day at midnight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many times you might have noticed the server time is off-sync. 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