Topic: chrony

• Clock sync compared: chrony, systemd-timesyncd, w32tm, macOS timed and AIX xntpd

  A quick reference for checking whether a host's clock is actually synchronized, across the time daemons used by Linux, Windows, macOS and AIX — distinct from a deep dive on any single tool, since the check is the same shape everywhere: is a source configured, and is it currently in sync.

  article · en · reviewed · knowledge as of 2026-09-24

Machine-readable: JSON