System date lags 30 seconds despite syncing with an ntp server, why ?

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Issue

  • System date lags 30 seconds despite syncing with an ntp server, why ?

  • This is only seen on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 machine while another Fedora 12 system maintains a much lesser lag. The time lag increases gradually and after a week it reaches almost 1 minute.

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

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