Syncing Time from the Network on Your Raspberry Pi @Raspberry_Pi #PiDay #RaspberryPi

Syncing Time from the Network on Your Raspberry Pi @Raspberry_Pi #PiDay #RaspberryPi

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Here’s a handy little guide on synchronizing your Raspberry Pi with the network, from Hackaday:

…time synchronization is beneficial for your Raspberry Pi since it doesn’t have its own real-time clock to maintain the time. While you can add an RTC to the Pi, it requires you to purchase an additional component.

This section will teach you how to enable or disable network time synchronization on your Pi, set the servers it uses, and more…. By default, the Raspberry Pi is configured to use the time sync servers provided by the NTP pool. This pool of servers maintains accurate time and will automatically boot servers that don’t maintain an accurate time.

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