Bug#773252: systemd-timesyncd syncs time about once per minute

[Jos van Wolput]

On 12/16/2014 09:07 PM, Michael Biebl wrote:
>
> What makes you think systemd-timesync syncs the clock once every 60 seconds?
>
Even every 32 seconds!
The systemd journal and the output of systemctl status systemd-timesyncd.service:

systemd-timesyncd.service - Network Time Synchronization
	  Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/systemd-timesyncd.service; disabled)
	  Active: active (running) since Tue, 16 Dec 2014 21:21:56 +0800; 8min ago
	    Docs: man:systemd-timesyncd.service(8)
	Main PID: 24099 (systemd-timesyn)
	  Status: "Using Time Server 202.112.10.36:123 (0.debian.pool.ntp.org)."

Dec 16 21:24:42 debian systemd-timesyncd[24099]: interval/delta/delay/jitter/drift 64s/+0.030s/0.192s/0.043s/+500ppm
Dec 16 21:25:47 debian systemd-timesyncd[24099]: interval/delta/delay/jitter/drift 32s/+0.194s/0.095s/0.154s/+500ppm
Dec 16 21:26:19 debian systemd-timesyncd[24099]: interval/delta/delay/jitter/drift 32s/+0.084s/0.111s/0.142s/+500ppm
Dec 16 21:26:51 debian systemd-timesyncd[24099]: interval/delta/delay/jitter/drift 32s/+0.060s/0.098s/0.132s/+500ppm
Dec 16 21:27:23 debian systemd-timesyncd[24099]: interval/delta/delay/jitter/drift 32s/+0.066s/0.101s/0.134s/+500ppm
Dec 16 21:27:56 debian systemd-timesyncd[24099]: interval/delta/delay/jitter/drift 32s/+0.063s/0.095s/0.133s/+500ppm
Dec 16 21:28:28 debian systemd-timesyncd[24099]: interval/delta/delay/jitter/drift 32s/+0.058s/0.081s/0.053s/+500ppm
Dec 16 21:29:00 debian systemd-timesyncd[24099]: interval/delta/delay/jitter/drift 32s/+0.075s/0.100s/0.054s/+500ppm
Dec 16 21:29:32 debian systemd-timesyncd[24099]: interval/delta/delay/jitter/drift 32s/+0.087s/0.133s/0.054s/+500ppm
Dec 16 21:30:05 debian systemd-timesyncd[24099]: interval/delta/delay/jitter/drift 32s/+0.126s/0.088s/0.030s/+500ppm