Questions regarding NTP(network time protocol), cron(task scheduler) and the display of date and time in the panels and elsewhere in Ubuntu. This is an overly general tag, avoid using it if possible.
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Unable to sync time using `ntpdate`, error: “no server suitable for synchronization found”
My ntp.conf file:
user@pc[0][07:37:40]:/etc$ cat /etc/ntp.conf
idriftfile /var/lib/ntp/ntp.drift
server 0.pool.ntp.org
server 1.pool.ntp.org
server 2.pool.ntp.org
server pool.ntp.org
Command ...
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How to change the date format?
Presently the date is showing as mmm dd hh:mm:ss. Is there any way that I can change it to as per my liking. For example : dd mmm, hh:mm:ss.
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How can I change the en_AU locale to 12 hour format?
I've noticed that the en_AU locale is defaulting to 24 hour time, it should be 12 hour as this is most commonly used in Australia.
How can this be adjusted?
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How to show full date and time in Nautilus/Files 3.6+ list view?
The list view of Nautilus 3.6 shows the dates files were modified in a variety of ways: the hour and minute if modified on the current day, and the month and day if modified during the current year, ...
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How to change the date format in Nautilus list columns?
The date format of the date columns is really long "Tue 12 June 2012 17:12:34 PHT". I would prefer a shorter version, e.g. 12/06/2012 or 12/06/2012 17:12.
I tried to change it in Settings/Language ...
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How do I change to ISO 8601 date format?
I want to use the ISO 8601 date format system wide with Ubuntu 12.04. What is the best way to accomplish this?
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Where does ntpdate get its settings from and what is the “no servers can be used” error about?
When I run ntpdate on its own, I get the following output:
8 Jun 15:47:46 ntpdate[31251]: no servers can be used, exiting
If I run it with the -q ntp.ubuntu.com switch, it seems to query just ...
