Keeping it on time!

Jeff · 07-30-2010, 11:20 AM

Time is always important! Most of your web applications will rely heavily on the time being correct. I usually set my servers up to periodically check/adjust the time via a cronjob:

Code:

22 * * * * /usr/sbin/ntpdate -u time.mytimeserver.com >/dev/null 2>&1

Every 22 minutes after the hour the server checks its time. Of course you need a time server to ping. Your host should have one in house but there are many free ones that you can find on google.

07-30-2010, 11:20 AM	#1
Jeff Administrator Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 402 Rep Power: 10	Keeping it on time! Time is always important! Most of your web applications will rely heavily on the time being correct. I usually set my servers up to periodically check/adjust the time via a cronjob: Code: 22 * * * * /usr/sbin/ntpdate -u time.mytimeserver.com >/dev/null 2>&1 Every 22 minutes after the hour the server checks its time. Of course you need a time server to ping. Your host should have one in house but there are many free ones that you can find on google.
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