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OL : Incorrect Server time Even After Syncing NTP server (Doc ID 2686589.1)

Last updated on MAY 30, 2022

Applies to:

Oracle Compute Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

A time drift of more than 150 years noticed on the server. NTP sync is unable to fix it.

# ntpdate -ud a.b.c.d
5 Aug 18:58:12 ntpdate[151695]: ntpdate 4.2.6p5@1.2349-o Wed Dec 19 17:34:23 UTC 2018 (1)
Looking for host a.b.c.d and service ntp
host found : <hostname>
transmit(a.b.c.d)
receive(a.b.c.d)
transmit(a.b.c.d)
receive(a.b.c.d)
transmit(a.b.c.d)
receive(a.b.c.d)
transmit(a.b.c.d)
receive(a.b.c.d)
server a.b.c.d, port 123
stratum 4, precision -19, leap 00, trust 000
refid [a.b.c.d], delay 0.02597, dispersion 0.00000
transmitted 4, in filter 4
reference time: e2a45d35.40bf12d5 Thu, Aug 5 2156 18:57:57.252
originate timestamp: e2a45d44.48fd5e44 Thu, Aug 5 2156 18:58:12.285
transmit timestamp: e2a45d44.48e4e26d Thu, Aug 5 2156 18:58:12.284
filter delay: 0.02621 0.02600 0.02599 0.02597
0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000
filter offset: 0.000135 0.000154 0.000146 0.000154
0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
delay 0.02597, dispersion 0.00000
offset 0.000154 5 Aug 18:58:12 ntpdate[151695]: adjust time server a.b.c.d offset 0.000154 sec

Cause

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