date.conf

File Location And Role

The file can be found at /data/etc/date.conf. It can be provisioned using /boot/date.conf and uses /etc/date.conf as a default.

The file contains settings that control how the system time is updated.

This is a simple shell script that should contain only NAME="value" lines. The file is sourced by the date init script.

Determines the timeout, in seconds, used to wait for a response from the date/time server, when synchronizing the system time. Defaults to 10.

Determines the method (protocol) used to synchronize the system time. Possible values are ntp, sntp and http. Defaults to sntp.

Sets the HTTP server (and optionally port) to use when date_method is set to http. Defaults to google.com:80.

Sets the interval of time, in seconds, at which the system time will be updated, when date_method is set to http. Defaults to 900.

Sets the NTP server to use when date_method is set to ntp. Defaults to pool.ntp.org.