On Thu, 11 Jun 2020 15:09:37 -0700
Rick Moen via Dng <dng@???> wrote:

> If running ntpdate, depending on how much skew there is from correct
> time, you might need the '-B' option. Quoting the man page:

Have a look at "rdate":

$ apropos rdate
rdate (8)            - set the system's date from a remote host

I use it on boards without RTC, just after the network comes up and
before openntpd takes over. No need for "fake-hwclock".

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