Time in Ubuntu 16.04 not updating from internet












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I am new to Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. The time on my machine is not updating from internet. I have changed the CMOS battery and also installed ntp and ntpdate and ran sudo ntpdate ntp.ubuntu.com. But none of these worked for me.



Running below command temporarily updates the time



sudo date -s "$(wget -qSO- --max-redirect=0 google.com 2>&1 | grep Date: | cut -d' ' -f5-8)Z"


Is there any other way to update my system time? I don't want to set it manually every session.










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  • Please mark the answer if it fixed your problem

    – Efren
    Jun 27 '18 at 3:22











  • @Efren No it didn't, I ended up pasting the above command in a script which runs everytime the machine starts

    – Flying Gambit
    Jun 28 '18 at 4:49











  • That's strange, so what was the timsyncd service status?

    – Efren
    Jun 28 '18 at 5:08











  • Sorry I no longer remember, shortly after this I was assigned a new windows machine

    – Flying Gambit
    Jun 28 '18 at 5:11
















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I am new to Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. The time on my machine is not updating from internet. I have changed the CMOS battery and also installed ntp and ntpdate and ran sudo ntpdate ntp.ubuntu.com. But none of these worked for me.



Running below command temporarily updates the time



sudo date -s "$(wget -qSO- --max-redirect=0 google.com 2>&1 | grep Date: | cut -d' ' -f5-8)Z"


Is there any other way to update my system time? I don't want to set it manually every session.










share|improve this question

























  • Please mark the answer if it fixed your problem

    – Efren
    Jun 27 '18 at 3:22











  • @Efren No it didn't, I ended up pasting the above command in a script which runs everytime the machine starts

    – Flying Gambit
    Jun 28 '18 at 4:49











  • That's strange, so what was the timsyncd service status?

    – Efren
    Jun 28 '18 at 5:08











  • Sorry I no longer remember, shortly after this I was assigned a new windows machine

    – Flying Gambit
    Jun 28 '18 at 5:11














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I am new to Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. The time on my machine is not updating from internet. I have changed the CMOS battery and also installed ntp and ntpdate and ran sudo ntpdate ntp.ubuntu.com. But none of these worked for me.



Running below command temporarily updates the time



sudo date -s "$(wget -qSO- --max-redirect=0 google.com 2>&1 | grep Date: | cut -d' ' -f5-8)Z"


Is there any other way to update my system time? I don't want to set it manually every session.










share|improve this question
















I am new to Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. The time on my machine is not updating from internet. I have changed the CMOS battery and also installed ntp and ntpdate and ran sudo ntpdate ntp.ubuntu.com. But none of these worked for me.



Running below command temporarily updates the time



sudo date -s "$(wget -qSO- --max-redirect=0 google.com 2>&1 | grep Date: | cut -d' ' -f5-8)Z"


Is there any other way to update my system time? I don't want to set it manually every session.







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  • Please mark the answer if it fixed your problem

    – Efren
    Jun 27 '18 at 3:22











  • @Efren No it didn't, I ended up pasting the above command in a script which runs everytime the machine starts

    – Flying Gambit
    Jun 28 '18 at 4:49











  • That's strange, so what was the timsyncd service status?

    – Efren
    Jun 28 '18 at 5:08











  • Sorry I no longer remember, shortly after this I was assigned a new windows machine

    – Flying Gambit
    Jun 28 '18 at 5:11



















  • Please mark the answer if it fixed your problem

    – Efren
    Jun 27 '18 at 3:22











  • @Efren No it didn't, I ended up pasting the above command in a script which runs everytime the machine starts

    – Flying Gambit
    Jun 28 '18 at 4:49











  • That's strange, so what was the timsyncd service status?

    – Efren
    Jun 28 '18 at 5:08











  • Sorry I no longer remember, shortly after this I was assigned a new windows machine

    – Flying Gambit
    Jun 28 '18 at 5:11

















Please mark the answer if it fixed your problem

– Efren
Jun 27 '18 at 3:22





Please mark the answer if it fixed your problem

– Efren
Jun 27 '18 at 3:22













@Efren No it didn't, I ended up pasting the above command in a script which runs everytime the machine starts

– Flying Gambit
Jun 28 '18 at 4:49





@Efren No it didn't, I ended up pasting the above command in a script which runs everytime the machine starts

– Flying Gambit
Jun 28 '18 at 4:49













That's strange, so what was the timsyncd service status?

– Efren
Jun 28 '18 at 5:08





That's strange, so what was the timsyncd service status?

– Efren
Jun 28 '18 at 5:08













Sorry I no longer remember, shortly after this I was assigned a new windows machine

– Flying Gambit
Jun 28 '18 at 5:11





Sorry I no longer remember, shortly after this I was assigned a new windows machine

– Flying Gambit
Jun 28 '18 at 5:11










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Ubuntu 16.04 works with timedatectl / timesyncd



Check the timseyncd service is ok: systemctl status systemd-timesyncd



Possibly something is blocking the service (eg: ntpd installed), so it avoids syncing to avoid conflicts.



Another possibility is that you may be running a VirtualBox and you may see an error like:



● systemd-timesyncd.service - Network Time Synchronization
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/systemd-timesyncd.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Drop-In: /lib/systemd/system/systemd-timesyncd.service.d
└─disable-with-time-daemon.conf
Active: inactive (dead)
Condition: start condition failed at Mon 2018-02-12 17:40:50 AEDT; 1min 31s ago
ConditionFileIsExecutable=!/usr/sbin/VBoxService was not met
Docs: man:systemd-timesyncd.service(8)


This was a solution for this case: sudo VBoxService --timesync-set-start.
Inspired from this issue with a similar error






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    In my case what I did is comment the line ConditionFileIsExecutable=!/usr/sbin/VBoxService in file /lib/systemd/system/systemd-timesyncd.service.d/disable-with-time-daemon.conf and then:



    sudo systemctl daemon-reload
    sudo systemctl start systemd-timesyncd


    All started to work again.






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      Ubuntu 16.04 works with timedatectl / timesyncd



      Check the timseyncd service is ok: systemctl status systemd-timesyncd



      Possibly something is blocking the service (eg: ntpd installed), so it avoids syncing to avoid conflicts.



      Another possibility is that you may be running a VirtualBox and you may see an error like:



      ● systemd-timesyncd.service - Network Time Synchronization
      Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/systemd-timesyncd.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
      Drop-In: /lib/systemd/system/systemd-timesyncd.service.d
      └─disable-with-time-daemon.conf
      Active: inactive (dead)
      Condition: start condition failed at Mon 2018-02-12 17:40:50 AEDT; 1min 31s ago
      ConditionFileIsExecutable=!/usr/sbin/VBoxService was not met
      Docs: man:systemd-timesyncd.service(8)


      This was a solution for this case: sudo VBoxService --timesync-set-start.
      Inspired from this issue with a similar error






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        Ubuntu 16.04 works with timedatectl / timesyncd



        Check the timseyncd service is ok: systemctl status systemd-timesyncd



        Possibly something is blocking the service (eg: ntpd installed), so it avoids syncing to avoid conflicts.



        Another possibility is that you may be running a VirtualBox and you may see an error like:



        ● systemd-timesyncd.service - Network Time Synchronization
        Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/systemd-timesyncd.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
        Drop-In: /lib/systemd/system/systemd-timesyncd.service.d
        └─disable-with-time-daemon.conf
        Active: inactive (dead)
        Condition: start condition failed at Mon 2018-02-12 17:40:50 AEDT; 1min 31s ago
        ConditionFileIsExecutable=!/usr/sbin/VBoxService was not met
        Docs: man:systemd-timesyncd.service(8)


        This was a solution for this case: sudo VBoxService --timesync-set-start.
        Inspired from this issue with a similar error






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          Ubuntu 16.04 works with timedatectl / timesyncd



          Check the timseyncd service is ok: systemctl status systemd-timesyncd



          Possibly something is blocking the service (eg: ntpd installed), so it avoids syncing to avoid conflicts.



          Another possibility is that you may be running a VirtualBox and you may see an error like:



          ● systemd-timesyncd.service - Network Time Synchronization
          Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/systemd-timesyncd.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
          Drop-In: /lib/systemd/system/systemd-timesyncd.service.d
          └─disable-with-time-daemon.conf
          Active: inactive (dead)
          Condition: start condition failed at Mon 2018-02-12 17:40:50 AEDT; 1min 31s ago
          ConditionFileIsExecutable=!/usr/sbin/VBoxService was not met
          Docs: man:systemd-timesyncd.service(8)


          This was a solution for this case: sudo VBoxService --timesync-set-start.
          Inspired from this issue with a similar error






          share|improve this answer













          Ubuntu 16.04 works with timedatectl / timesyncd



          Check the timseyncd service is ok: systemctl status systemd-timesyncd



          Possibly something is blocking the service (eg: ntpd installed), so it avoids syncing to avoid conflicts.



          Another possibility is that you may be running a VirtualBox and you may see an error like:



          ● systemd-timesyncd.service - Network Time Synchronization
          Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/systemd-timesyncd.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
          Drop-In: /lib/systemd/system/systemd-timesyncd.service.d
          └─disable-with-time-daemon.conf
          Active: inactive (dead)
          Condition: start condition failed at Mon 2018-02-12 17:40:50 AEDT; 1min 31s ago
          ConditionFileIsExecutable=!/usr/sbin/VBoxService was not met
          Docs: man:systemd-timesyncd.service(8)


          This was a solution for this case: sudo VBoxService --timesync-set-start.
          Inspired from this issue with a similar error







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              In my case what I did is comment the line ConditionFileIsExecutable=!/usr/sbin/VBoxService in file /lib/systemd/system/systemd-timesyncd.service.d/disable-with-time-daemon.conf and then:



              sudo systemctl daemon-reload
              sudo systemctl start systemd-timesyncd


              All started to work again.






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                In my case what I did is comment the line ConditionFileIsExecutable=!/usr/sbin/VBoxService in file /lib/systemd/system/systemd-timesyncd.service.d/disable-with-time-daemon.conf and then:



                sudo systemctl daemon-reload
                sudo systemctl start systemd-timesyncd


                All started to work again.






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                  In my case what I did is comment the line ConditionFileIsExecutable=!/usr/sbin/VBoxService in file /lib/systemd/system/systemd-timesyncd.service.d/disable-with-time-daemon.conf and then:



                  sudo systemctl daemon-reload
                  sudo systemctl start systemd-timesyncd


                  All started to work again.






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                  In my case what I did is comment the line ConditionFileIsExecutable=!/usr/sbin/VBoxService in file /lib/systemd/system/systemd-timesyncd.service.d/disable-with-time-daemon.conf and then:



                  sudo systemctl daemon-reload
                  sudo systemctl start systemd-timesyncd


                  All started to work again.







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