On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 06:53:26PM +0800, Craig Ringer wrote: | # ntpdate time.uwa.edu.au | 5 Jan 18:52:36 ntpdate[23444]: step time server 130.95.128.58 | offset -139.036972 sec ^^^^^^^^^^^ That suggests that it certainly /was/ wrong before. BTW if you use something like chrony you don't have to worry about this kind of thing. CP.