[SOLVED] NTP time synchronizes, still shows local time..

[tryllz]

Hi,

I have set NTP time of Canada (0.ca.pool.ntp.org, 1.ca.pool.ntp.org, 2.ca.pool.ntp.org, as obtained from https://www.pool.ntp.org/zone/ca). The sync server IP is 192.210.199.110 (stratum 2). When I check the IP address it is from US. However, the time of the firewall is still local and not of the Canada.

Is my understanding of NTP correct, that the firewall is suppose to have its NTP time set for Canada (meaning the time of the firewall should be the Canadian Time)

The actual issue is that my current time is GMT +1 but the firewall still shows as GMT 0 and which got me thinking if NTP is actually working, and that it is how I understand it is.

Firewall NTP Time and Sync Server



NTP Pool Addresses



NTP Sync Server IP Address

[bartjsmit]

NTP synchs the (hardware) clock of your device with a time anchor on the network. All that works on UTC (GMT in old parlance).

The visual time display on the interface is governed by the time zone settings and takes care of the offset from UTC and any daylight saving changes.

System, Settings, General, Time zone to configure it in OPNsense

Software and time are strange bedfellows: https://infiniteundo.com/post/25326999628/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-time 

Bart...

[Patrick M. Hausen]

@bartjsmit beat me to it - I was about to write the same. Since I already made a screenshot, here it is.

[tryllz]

Thanks @bartjsmit, and @pmhausen,

I had a completely different understanding of NTP and its implementation. Thank you for clarifying it.