# Ntpd - Network Time Protocol (NTP) daemon

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**Created:** [January 21, 2026, 6:28pm UTC](https://community.nwtime.org/t/ntpd-network-time-protocol-ntp-daemon/20 "2026-01-21T18:28:38Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 21, 2026, 6:28pm UTC](https://community.nwtime.org/t/ntpd-network-time-protocol-ntp-daemon/20/1 "2026-01-21T18:28:38Z")

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> **[ntpd - Network Time Protocol (NTP) daemon](https://www.ntp.org/documentation/4.2.8-series/ntpd/)**
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> The ntpd program is an operating system daemon that synchronizes the system clock to remote NTP time servers or local reference clocks. It is a complete implementation of NTP version 4 defined by RFC 5905 and provides backwards compatibility with the...