Try with another server. LIke you can see, the server you did try is not up. Try with ntp.ubuntu.com, it's sure working:
j...@bumba:~$ sudo ntpdate ntp.ubuntu.com 2 Jan 17:57:23 ntpdate[4605]: adjust time server 91.189.94.4 offset -0.030875 sec Like I told earlier, I cannot re-produce your bug. If your server is not able to sync time, check your firewall settings etc, it might be that firewall doesn't pass ntp traffic. j...@bumba:~$ sudo ntptime ntp_gettime() returns code 5 (ERROR) time d0cb1f52.c422aadc Sun, Jan 2 2011 17:59:14.766, (.766154703), maximum error 3516 us, estimated error 16 us, TAI offset 0 ntp_adjtime() returns code 5 (ERROR) modes 0x0 (), offset 0.000 us, frequency -20.260 ppm, interval 1 s, maximum error 3516 us, estimated error 16 us, status 0x2040 (UNSYNC,NANO), time constant 0, precision 0.001 us, tolerance 500 ppm, j...@bumba:~$ sudo uptime 18:00:05 up 3:18, 3 users, load average: 0.93, 0.77, 0.72 j...@bumba:~$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure tzdata Current default time zone: 'Europe/Istanbul' Local time is now: Sun Jan 2 18:00:35 EET 2011. Universal Time is now: Sun Jan 2 16:00:35 UTC 2011. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to ntp in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/693745 Title: wront time report for turkey -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs