Would you like to learn how to set date and time using NTP on Ubuntu Linux? In this tutorial, we are going to show you how to configure date and time using NTP on Ubuntu Linux version 17.

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Tutorial – NTP on Ubuntu Linux

On the Linux console, use the following commands to set the correct timezone.

# dpkg-reconfigure tzdata

Install the Ntpdate package and set the correct date and time immediately.

# apt-get install ntpdate
# ntpdate pool.ntp.br

In our example, the Ntpdate command was used to set the correct date and time using the Brazilian server pool.ntp.br

Let’s install the NTP service.

# apt-get install ntp

NTP is the service that will keep our server updated.

Use the command date to check the date and time configured on your Ubuntu Linux.

If the system shown the correct date and time, this means that you followed all the steps correctly.