Syncronise time with NTP server in Ubuntu /Mint/Debian

How to Synchronize time with NTP server in Ubuntu /Mint/Debian ?

To install the ntp, just enter this command:

sudo apt-get install ntp

Edit the default ntp configuration:

sudo nano /etc/ntp.conf

Add the following to your ntp.conf file: (Netherlands)

server 0.nl.pool.ntp.org
 server 1.nl.pool.ntp.org
 server 2.nl.pool.ntp.org
 server 3.nl.pool.ntp.org

to get other servers for your country please use http://www.pool.ntp.org/
After , just restart the ntp service:

sudo service ntp restart

Check if the NTP service is synchronizing:

sudo ntpq -c lpeer

To check the synchronization log:

sudo tail -f /var/log/syslog

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