I just ran a clean install of 12.10 on my sys76 laptop.
Time and date reads: 19:36 31 december 1969, even though it is: 13:29 07 november 2012.
I have it set for my location and it won't change manually, even tried in the command line with tz.
I think it is messing up the security certificates over the Internet cause I cannot change PPA over command line and going to Launchpad brings up the certificates page in Firefox.
Is this some known bug or is there a fix for it?
Try:
sudo ntpdate ntp.ubuntu.com
Yes, it would certainly mess with the SSL certificates, because they would be future-dated.
I doubt it's a bug in Ubuntu. Your CMOS clock in the BIOS must have been set to that somehow.
Just install ntp server:
sudo apt-get install ntp
It will automatically keep your clock synchronized.
Install ntp and ntpdate executing the following commands-
sudo apt-get install ntp
sudo apt-get install ntpdate
Then, execute
sudo ntpdate ntp.ubuntu.com
This works for me.
find your timezone:
timedatectl list-timezones
and then set your timezone based on your choice:
timedatectl set-timezone <YOUR_TIME_ZONE>
After installing 12.10 I had the same problem as well. Somehow the new installation set the BIOS clock to the year 2070 !! After this, Ubuntu wasn't able to set a different date both by ntp, manually, even using the date command.
Setting the right date in the BIOS settings solved the problem.
This works for Ubuntu 16.04
Stop the ntp service
Run ntpdate command to fetch date/time from ntp.ubuntu.com
systemctl stop ntp
sudo ntpdate -s ntp.ubuntu.com
P.S: Make sure ntp is installed, if not just do
sudo apt-get install ntp
I changed the hardware clock. Use the hwclock command to fix it:
sudo ntpdate <my.ntp.server>
sudo hwclock -w
Install this package to get the clock of your server right:
sudo apt install aptitude
sudo aptitude install ntp
Then define your time zone (the one where your server is located):
sudo dpkg-reconfigure tzdata
Details:
https://safaetulahasan.medium.com/set-time-of-your-server-right-7145899166a4
