On Jun 12, 2014, at 11:03 PM, Bob Proulx wrote: > Why do you need to step the clock? It is better to install ntp and > adjust the rate of the clock so that every tick is seen but adjusted > to be in time with the rest of the world. NTP, as configured by the default Debian package, also steps the clock -- but only once at boot time. The rest of the time it acts as you describe -- which is, as you point out, much better for the "usual case". Rick