**Ensuring Accurate Time on Debian**

To have accurate time on you servers, install a NTP service by doeing the following:

  apt update

  apt install ntp

  systemctl status ntp

The NTP configuration file on Debian is located at /etc/ntp.conf.
The NTP configuration file on Debian 12 is located at /etc/ntpsec/ntp.conf.

Edit the file with the NTP servers of your choice or install the European NTP Servers:

  pool 0.europe.pool.ntp.org
  pool 1.europe.pool.ntp.org
  pool 2.europe.pool.ntp.org
  pool 3.europe.pool.ntp.org

Setting the thime zone:

  timedatectl set-timezone your_time_zone (Europe/Amsterdam)

You can check the settings by doeing:

  timedatectl

You can check the timeservers by doeing:

  ntpq -p


That's all.

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