From: Helmut Drodofsky <drodofsky at internet-xs.de> > the date jumps within 30 seconds to a wrong value. ntp > service is stopped at the beginning. > [root at kerio ~]# ntpdate 0.centos.pool.ntp.org > 13 Mar 07:04:48 ntpdate[23003]: step time server > 131.234.137.24 offset -3450.678273 sec Not sure what is going on but maybe try ntpdate with -B... JD