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Operating Systems Linux Red Hat Best way to sync time on a Linux machine Post 302858603 by Don Cragun on Tuesday 1st of October 2013 02:10:08 AM
Old 10-01-2013
I'm not commenting on your approach in general. But, if you are in an area that observes daylight savings time shifts or the server you're connecting to as a time server is in an area that observes daylight savings time shifts, NEVER use 1am or 2am or anytime between 1am and 2am as the time to kick off a cron job to synchronize times.
 

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sync(2) 							   System Calls 							   sync(2)

NAME
sync - update super block SYNOPSIS
#include <unistd.h> void sync(void); DESCRIPTION
The sync() function writes all information in memory that should be on disk, including modified super blocks, modified inodes, and delayed block I/O. Unlike fsync(3C), which completes the writing before it returns, sync() schedules but does not necessarily complete the writing before returning. USAGE
The sync() function should be used by applications that examine a file system, such as fsck(1M), and df(1M), and is mandatory before rebooting. ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface Stability |Standard | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
df(1M), fsck(1M), fsync(3C), attributes(5), standards(5) SunOS 5.11 5 Jul 1990 sync(2)
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