Re: PDT timezone but UTC time

On Sun, Jun 28, 2026 at 08:51:30AM -0700, bob prohaska wrote:
> Lately hosts reporting
> # uname -apKU
> FreeBSD ns2.zefox.net 14.4-RELEASE-p6 FreeBSD 14.4-RELEASE-p6 GENERIC arm64 aarch64 1404000 1404000
> 
> have been reporting
> # date
> Sun Jun 28 15:23:29 PDT 2026
> 
> where the reported timezone is correct but the reported time looks like UTC
> 
> /etc/rc.conf contains
> ntpd_enable="YES"
> 
> but it looks like ntpd_flags is empty. Is setting
> ntpd_flags="-g"
> the needed fix?

I typically set

$ grep ntpd_ /etc/rc.conf
ntpd_enable="YES"
ntpd_sync_on_start="YES"

...which ends up being equivalent to setting "-g" in ntpd_flags.

$ ps axww | grep ntpd
  846  -  Ss       1:30.31 /usr/sbin/ntpd -p /var/db/ntp/ntpd.pid -c /etc/ntp.conf -f /var/db/ntp/ntpd.drift -g

I simply figured since someone went to the effort to add an rc variable,
I'd make use of it.  :-)

Plus this leaves ntpd_flags for other possibly more complex setups,
whereas allowing large adjustments during startup seems like something
more commonly used.

However, I'm not sure how this is involved with your comments about UTC.
Are you saying the actual system time is off? E.g. it wasn't really
3:23pm PDT when you typed the 'date' command above?

Maybe compare 'date' and 'date -u' output.

Cheers,
sr.