[CentOS] Why the command 'service ntpd stop' cause the time reversed?

Thu Feb 12 07:47:24 UTC 2015
Kahlil Hodgson <kahlil.hodgson at dealmax.com.au>

I've seen situations where people have put ntpdate in a cronjob to get
around issues with big time jumps at boot or dodgy clocks under
virtualization. There are much better solutions to this problem, so
let us know if this is the case for you.

K