ntp date not showing the correct time

Question

I was having an issue in which the time my ubuntu machine was showing is 5 hours ahead of my standard time. So I installed ntpd for that using

apt-get install ntp

after that I restarted ntp but still my time is 5 hours ahead of my standard time in India. Please Help.

Solution

The following command update your date and time :)

ntpdate ntp.ubuntu.com

Comments

[gertvdijk]

What does the mtop has to do with ntp? Is this a result of an earlier attempt to install mtop? I don't see anything about that in your question.

[chadwicke619]

I know mtop does't has to do anything with ntp. I was trying to install ntp not mtop.

[gertvdijk]

Okay, then I think it is a duplicate of Unable to synchronize time using NTP

[chadwicke619]

No I tried that approach gives the error #service ntp stop then, #ntpdate ntp.ubuntu.com 22 Jul 19:30:31 ntpdate[29701]: no server suitable for synchronization found

[gertvdijk]

Well, have you tried another server besides ntp.ubuntu.com? It may be down for you or too far geographically so it disregards that as suitable. Try pool.ntp.org or <country-tld>.pool.ntp.org (e.g. nl.pool.ntp.org). And do you have a working internet connection accepting outbound NTP traffic?

[chadwicke619]

ntpdate ntp.ubuntu.com 22 Jul 19:11:53 ntpdate[29585]: the NTP socket is in use, exiting

[Mitesh Shah]

service ntpd stop; ntpdate ntp.ubuntu.com

[chadwicke619]

service ntpd stop ntpd: unrecognized service

[chadwicke619]

I tried it #service ntp stop then, #ntpdate ntp.ubuntu.com 22 Jul 19:30:31 ntpdate[29701]: no server suitable for synchronization found

[chadwicke619]

I found the solution to my problem the port number 123 which is used by ntp was not open. Now everything is smooth.

[Steve Kroon]

@Tarun: How do you check if the port is open/closed?