Command-line tool

htpdate

brew/htpdate

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

Synchronize time with remote web servers

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install htpdate

Linux

brew install htpdate

Synchronize date and time

sudo htpdate host

Perform simulation of synchronization, without any action

htpdate -q host

Compensate the systematic clock drift

sudo htpdate -x host

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