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Comment 0 for bug 1526264

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Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote : ntpdate fails with invalid argument when device is set to a date in the future

current build number: 204
device name: krillin
channel: ubuntu-touch/rc-proposed/bq-aquaris.en

when the current date of the device is in the future, ntpdate fails with 'Invalid Argument'

For example:

* current date: passed
root@ubuntu-phablet:~# date
mardi 15 décembre 2015, 12:01:22 (UTC+0100)
root@ubuntu-phablet:~# ntpdate ntp.ubuntu.com
15 Dec 12:01:38 ntpdate[4360]: adjust time server 91.189.94.4 offset 0.000150 sec

* Date in the past: passed
root@ubuntu-phablet:~# date -s '2015-12-14 13:00:00'
lundi 14 décembre 2015, 13:00:00 (UTC+0100)
root@ubuntu-phablet:~# ntpdate ntp.ubuntu.com
15 Dec 12:03:02 ntpdate[5008]: step time server 91.189.89.199 offset 82943.900852 sec

* Date in the future: Failed
root@ubuntu-phablet:~# date -s '2015-12-16 13:00:00'
mercredi 16 décembre 2015, 13:00:00 (UTC+0100)
root@ubuntu-phablet:~# ntpdate ntp.ubuntu.com
16 Dec 13:00:10 ntpdate[4820]: Can't adjust the time of day: Invalid argument