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- Subject: [chrony-users] How to set time manually without adjusting clock drift?
 
- From: Manuel Wagesreither <ManWag@xxxxxxxxxxx>
 
- Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2018 18:31:11 +0200
 
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Hello all,
I would like to set the reference time chrony delivers to its clients manually. Using `chronyc settime` has the side-effect of recalculating the clock drift. This is entirely unwanted, as, in my case, it does not imply the clock having drifted.
Using `chronyc settime` the overcompensation chrony does quickly builds up, generating an enormous error on my clients.
```
root@RISEKonn:~# date -u; chronyc tracking
Thu Sep  6 17:01:15 UTC 2018
Reference ID    : 7F7F0101 ()
Stratum         : 12
Ref time (UTC)  : Thu Sep 06 17:00:40 2018
System time     : 33.500217438 seconds fast of NTP time
Last offset     : +11.211560249 seconds
RMS offset      : 11.211560249 seconds
Frequency       : 500000.000 ppm fast
Residual freq   : +0.000 ppm
Skew            : 0.000 ppm
Root delay      : 0.000000000 seconds
Root dispersion : 0.000000000 seconds
Update interval : 11.2 seconds
Leap status     : Normal
```
Thank you!
Best regards,
Manuel
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