How to set NTP time in FreeBSD

At first set time using tzsetup

At second need to add the next line to /etc/rc.conf file

ntpdate_enable="YES"

The third thing is to edit /etc/ntp.conf by adding lines

server 0.pool.ntp.org
server 1.pool.ntp.org
server 2.pool.ntp.org
server pool.ntp.org
driftfile /var/db/ntp.drift

Reboot and time should be set automatically.

Edit 12.7.2025: Sometimes NTP time does not start automatically, but it can start via command line or script.

This server block the ntp command and script as text , but read rest from puolanka.org
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nptd_date_start.zip: