Proxmox VE time issue

[Jackmynet]

Hi all,

I have a weird and frustrating issue with the time on my proxmox VE.

This virtual environment sits on an off site server and is used for backups etc. It runs a few VM's such as a windows sftp server, proxmox backup server and some firewalls. All of the VM's sitting on this VE have correct time but not the VE itself.

The time is for some reason out by 3 minutes preventing my TFA from working. I have read every thread I can find on this and cannot seem to resolve it.

Hoping someone might have ran into the same issue

Any ideas?

See attached picture of the time.

 

[UdoB]

Any ideas?

Did you read https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/pve-admin-guide.html#_time_synchronization ?

If chrony is running, ask it what it sees:

~# chronyc sources
MS Name/IP address         Stratum Poll Reach LastRx Last sample              
===============================================================================
^? static.88-198-53-80.clie>     0  10     0     -     +0ns[   +0ns] +/-    0ns
^? s5.vonderste.in               0  10     0     -     +0ns[   +0ns] +/-    0ns
^? static.179.181.75.5.clie>     0  10     0     -     +0ns[   +0ns] +/-    0ns
^? www.kashra.com                0  10     0     -     +0ns[   +0ns] +/-    0ns
...

Read man chronyc for other commands

 

[Jackmynet]

It shows me servers it is obviously syncing itself with. But why it is achieving a time that is slightly off it doesn't tell me anything about.

If it was off by an hour or a few hours it would be easier to troubleshoot due to ntp or time zones but a few minutes makes no sense to me.

 

[Kingneutron]

https://github.com/kneutron/ansitest/blob/master/timesync

If that doesn't work / time skews again after 24H, try replacing the CMOS battery

 

[BobhWasatch]

It shows me servers it is obviously syncing itself with. But why it is achieving a time that is slightly off it doesn't tell me anything about.

It is "obviously" not syncing or the time would be correct. What is the actual output of "chronyc sources"?