Is there a way to make ntpd -gq run faster

Solution 1:

Things are easy when you post your config:

change:

 server pool.ntp.org

To:

 server 0.COUNTRY-CODE.pool.ntp.org iburst
 server 1.COUNTRY-CODE.pool.ntp.org iburst
 server 2.COUNTRY-CODE.pool.ntp.org iburst
 server 3.COUNTRY-CODE.pool.ntp.org iburst

Where country code is us / ca / uk / fr

The meat of this response is the iburst, the extra two server lines allow the clock to be set if one server is unreachable.

Also install fake-hwclock so the time persists somewhat across reboots. It wont be 1970 every time the machine comes on.

UPDATE: I saw your answers. Why not run a local ntp server so the time is super quick to set and you dont have to worr about connecting to ntp servers on internet?