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Set Date/Time Automatically from Google on Ubuntu 18

Wrong date/time setting on your server can fail some of the important tasks. I've marked this post just a quick command for future usage.

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I’ve once had a problem on one of my Ubuntu 18 servers on timing not syncing from the internet.

Use the following command:

sudo date -s "$(wget -qSO- --max-redirect=0 google.com 2>&1 | grep Date: | cut -d' ' -f5-8)Z"

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