Last Updated on 2015-01-14.

Problem

For some sporadic models of Raspberry Pi there seems to be a problem with time sync. No matter which time server (local or Internet) is set in IPv4 or OE general settings, it does not synchronize the time.

Additionally, there is no way in the GUI to set time manually. The RPi would forget it anyway after its next shutdown.

Command “ntpdate” is not available via SSH.

Workaround

Connect to your Pi via SSH

Open or create file /storage/.config/autostart.sh and insert

(sleep 20 && /sbin/ntpd -p [yourTimeserver]) &

 

Reboot and wait some seconds – time should be correct.