Force date/time/clock sync
From terminal:
sudo ntpdate -u time.apple.com
macOS Catalina:
sudo sntp -sS pool.ntp.org
Per the ntpdate
man page, the accepted answer will become obsolete when ntpdate
is retired. If you encounter this problem, this will do the equivalent:
sudo ntpd -q
ntpd
: ...sets and maintains the system time of day in syn- chronism with Internet standard time servers.
-q
: Set the time and quit.
Sources:
- http://www.manpages.info/macosx/ntpdate.8.html
- http://www.manpages.info/macosx/ntpd.8.html
I ran these two commands on Mojave:
sudo systemsetup -setnetworktimeserver pool.ntp.org
sudo sntp -sS pool.ntp.org
Following https://superuser.com/a/1479345 following two answers on https://apple.stackexchange.com/q/117864