How do I sync clock of my pc with ntp server

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My pc clock is out of sync, how do I fix that?

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Please post the output of timedatectl as preformatted text so we can see the current config

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$ timedatectl 
System clock synchronized: no
          NTP service: active
          RTC in local TZ: yes
 
Warning: The system is configured to read the RTC time in the local time zone.
         This mode cannot be fully supported. It will create various problems
         with time zone changes and daylight saving time adjustments. The RTC
         time is never updated, it relies on external facilities to maintain it.
         If at all possible, use RTC in UTC by calling
         'timedatectl set-local-rtc 0'.
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Run the given command and set the RTC to UTC as is expected for linux.

I expected to see the full output of timedatectl like this.

$ timedatectl
               Local time: Wed 2026-07-15 08:38:36 CDT
           Universal time: Wed 2026-07-15 13:38:36 UTC
                 RTC time: Wed 2026-07-15 13:38:35
                Time zone: America/Chicago (CDT, -0500)
System clock synchronized: yes
              NTP service: active
          RTC in local TZ: no

By default the system should synchronize the clock regardless of whether set to local or UTC, but that info is hardly something that may need to be confidential.
Providing the full output would allow us to know that the system time zone is also properly configured.

Do you by chance dual boot with windows? If so then changing the RTC to UTC instead of local may also affect the clock within windows.