new Date gives wrong datetime by ~17 seconds compared to system time

[cjh9]

• Version:
  node -v v13.5.0

• Platform:
  Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS (Digital ocean server)
  4.15.0-70-generic Mani node#79-Ubuntu SMP Tue Nov 12 10:36:11 UTC 2019 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Ssh:ing in having two terminal windows open simultaneously, opening node in one:

sudo hwclock --show
2019-12-28 21:26:50.403548+0000

(this is the correct time)

In node:

new Date
2019-12-28T21:26:33.216Z

Seems to be lagging behind by 18 seconds?

[addaleax]

What does date show in the terminal? Does it match hwclock or Node.js?

[cjh9]

Sorry, seems that date shows Sat Dec 28 21:35:57 UTC 2019 and
new Date 2019-12-28T21:35:57.772Z. Seems to be problems at ubuntu then?

[addaleax]

@cjh9 Yes, I would guess it’s an issue with your system’s setup, in some way.

[bnoordhuis]

@cjh9 What you're seeing is not unexpected. Most hardware clocks have considerable drift, they gain or lose time over, er, time.

The operating system normally adjusts the reported time automatically, that's probably why you're seeing a discrepancy between the two.

Try installing ntpdate(1), that should keep them in sync (mostly - they might still disagree by a few seconds every once in a while until they're synchronized again.)

[PoojaDurgad]

ping - @cjh9 , is this still an issue?

[PoojaDurgad]

inactive. closing!!