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      muswellhillbilly
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      @ashi_220:

      No i'm not getting correct date it show me old date & time Fri Jan 1 4:10:52 UTC 2010, Their is no CMOS battery issue.

      Your time is over six years out. I repeat, have you checked the date/time in your system BIOS at bootup?

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        Ashutosh Jain
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        @muswellhillbilly:

        @ashi_220:

        No i'm not getting correct date it show me old date & time Fri Jan 1 4:10:52 UTC 2010, Their is no CMOS battery issue.

        Your time is over six years out. I repeat, have you checked the date/time in your system BIOS at bootup?

        Yeah, Now it is changed & show me current date & time. I change Date/time in BIOS settings.
        But one thing that how it is changed & getting six year old date/time when i was not change any date/time settings??

        Thank u very much :)

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          cmb
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          Configure a NTP server under System>General Setup.

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            muswellhillbilly
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            @ashi_220:

            how it is changed & getting six year old date/time when i was not change any date/time settings??

            My guess is that your CMOS battery may be running low generally, though maybe not enough to bomb out completely. Might be worth replacing it in the long run, and also do what cmb suggests and set an NTP server in your settings.

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              Ashutosh Jain
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              @cmb:

              Configure a NTP server under System>General Setup.

              Already configure NTP server.

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                Ashutosh Jain
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                @muswellhillbilly:

                @ashi_220:

                how it is changed & getting six year old date/time when i was not change any date/time settings??

                My guess is that your CMOS battery may be running low generally, though maybe not enough to bomb out completely. Might be worth replacing it in the long run, and also do what cmb suggests and set an NTP server in your settings.

                I think their may be issue of CMOS battery. I had already configure NTP server.

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                  Cleetus Antony @Iahmad
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                  @Iahmad
                  I have the same issue. My BIOS time is correct.
                  Is there anyway I can set time by command prompt.

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                    elvisimprsntr @Cleetus Antony
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                    @Cleetus-Antony said in Pfsense Date & Time:

                    I have the same issue. My BIOS time is correct.

                    Is your BIOS time UTC or local?

                    Linux/FreeBSD requires it to be UTC time

                    Then make sure to configure the correct timezone for your location.

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                      Gertjan @Cleetus Antony
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                      @Cleetus-Antony

                      And why wouldn't the pfSense build in NTP client work for you ?
                      Or isn't your pfSense connected to the Internet ?

                      No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
                      Edit : and where are the logs ??

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                        Cleetus Antony @Gertjan
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                        @Gertjan PFSENSE connected to internet and everything is working. Clients r getting internet thru pfsense. When I want to create rules with scheduler, due to time wrong time, the rule doesnt work as indented for clients. Any clue ?

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                          Cleetus Antony @elvisimprsntr
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                          @elvisimprsntr
                          I set the correct time zone in pfsense. Date is correct. but the time is few hours difference. Looks like the time in BIOS is local. there is no option I can see in BIOS to change to UTC. What am I missing ?

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                            elvisimprsntr @Cleetus Antony
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                              elvisimprsntr @Cleetus Antony
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                              @Cleetus-Antony

                              simply set the BIOS time to UTC HH:MM:SS

                              https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/timezone/utc

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                                Cleetus Antony @elvisimprsntr
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                                @elvisimprsntr
                                Time in BIOS is correct and its in UTC format. Still I installed new battery in motherboard.
                                But even after setting correct time zone in pfsense, time is 7 Hours ahead.

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                                  elvisimprsntr @Cleetus Antony
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                                  @Cleetus-Antony

                                  1. GUI: stop NTP service
                                  2. CLI: ntpdate time.nist.gov
                                  3. GUI: restart NTP service
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                                    Cleetus Antony @elvisimprsntr
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                                      Cleetus Antony @elvisimprsntr
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                                      @elvisimprsntr

                                      Did the same. I got below msg on output.
                                      Still the time is wrong.. Now 4 Hours 30 min difference.

                                      14 Jun 19:03:04 ntpdate[63408]: the NTP socket is in use, exiting

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                                        Cleetus Antony @elvisimprsntr
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                                        @elvisimprsntr
                                        14 Jun 19:14:57 ntpdate[69805]: no server suitable for synchronization found

                                        this is the result of second try

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                                          Cleetus Antony @elvisimprsntr
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                                          @elvisimprsntr
                                          "DNS Resolver is stopped or Disabled" when we chk the tatus of DNS Resolver.
                                          In the DNS Resolver page, the Enable DNS Resolver tick mark is ON
                                          May be NTP server setting is not resolving ??????
                                          DNS Resolution behavior is set as Default.(First use local and fall back to remote)

                                          DNS forwarder is ON and working.

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                                            Gertjan @Cleetus Antony
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                                            @Cleetus-Antony said in Pfsense Date & Time:

                                            DNS forwarder is ON and working.

                                            Then the NTP client can resolve.

                                            No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
                                            Edit : and where are the logs ??

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