There's also some weird edge-cases it'd be nice to document (or fix): http://mail-index.netbsd.org/current-users/2019/07/29/msg036293.html
tl;dr: on CPU constrained GCE micro instances, "time" either proceeds at the wrong rate and ntp can't sync, or sleeps go for too long. I should probably send-pr that. -- Paul Ripke "Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people." -- Disputed: Often attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt. 1948.