How to update date and Time in Raspberry Pi

Question

I have purchased a Raspberry Pi 3 model B in August 2017. I am unable to set up Date and Time. Every time I turn on the hardware, It shows date - 12 April 2017.

I have tried setting it up with Sudo raspi-config but could not do it.

Please guide me on the procedure.

Thanks.

Former Member · Answer

Is the Raspbian ntp package installed?

Check: dpkg -l ntp

You should see something like this as output:

ii ntp 1:4.2.8p10+d amd64 Network Time Protocol daemon

If not, do this:

sudo apt -y install ntp

That will get you network time automatically. No manual intervention required.

rew · Answer

The raspberry pi does not have the hardware to keep track of the date and time when it is turned off. It therefore tries to get the time from the network whenever it boots. I'm guessing you don't have an internet connection when the pi starts back in april..... You could have bought a PC for about 1000 euros. but you bought a raspberry pi for 40. There are some compromises. I haven't run into this problem for ages: Apparently the assumption: "you often have an internet connection" works for me.