Hi Experts,

I am having issues with times on ubuntu 12.10 and 13.04, server and desktop.

I have NTP and likewise-open running. I ran
Code:
ntpdate -q nz.pool.ntp.org
every 10 minutes

And here is the result:
Code:
server 203.109.252.7, stratum 3, offset 0.009650, delay 0.02667
server 202.6.116.123, stratum 2, offset -0.002035, delay 0.02638
server 203.97.109.165, stratum 2, offset -0.004516, delay 0.04834
 1 May 13:44:08 ntpdate[28935]: adjust time server 202.6.116.123 offset -0.002035 sec
server 203.97.109.165, stratum 2, offset -0.004576, delay 0.04814
server 203.109.252.7, stratum 3, offset 0.009687, delay 0.02660
server 202.6.116.123, stratum 2, offset -0.002050, delay 0.02640
 1 May 13:44:17 ntpdate[28961]: adjust time server 202.6.116.123 offset -0.002050 sec
server 202.21.137.10, stratum 1, offset 77.004827, delay 0.03708
server 202.78.240.38, stratum 2, offset 77.005159, delay 0.03563
server 182.54.165.145, stratum 2, offset 77.007598, delay 0.05807
 1 May 14:00:07 ntpdate[31790]: step time server 202.21.137.10 offset 77.004827 sec
server 119.47.118.129, stratum 2, offset 77.002382, delay 0.02734
server 219.89.199.51, stratum 2, offset 76.997650, delay 0.04314
server 117.18.82.7, stratum 2, offset 77.009817, delay 0.03760
 1 May 14:10:08 ntpdate[982]: step time server 119.47.118.129 offset 77.002382 sec
server 203.109.252.7, stratum 3, offset 144.017701, delay 0.02666
server 202.6.116.123, stratum 2, offset 144.005733, delay 0.02638
server 202.78.240.38, stratum 2, offset 144.006584, delay 0.03568
 1 May 14:20:08 ntpdate[3055]: step time server 202.6.116.123 offset 144.005733 sec
server 202.6.116.123, stratum 2, offset 223.008696, delay 0.02635
server 202.21.137.10, stratum 1, offset 223.008885, delay 0.03716
server 203.99.129.34, stratum 2, offset 223.000291, delay 0.02768
 1 May 14:30:07 ntpdate[5016]: step time server 202.21.137.10 offset 223.008885 sec
server 60.234.251.225, stratum 2, offset 3.020140, delay 0.04958
server 117.18.82.8, stratum 2, offset 3.019038, delay 0.03758
server 203.118.148.40, stratum 2, offset 3.015346, delay 0.05095
 1 May 14:40:53 ntpdate[6176]: step time server 117.18.82.8 offset 3.019038 sec
server 202.21.137.10, stratum 1, offset 3.014950, delay 0.03749
server 203.97.109.165, stratum 2, offset 3.011206, delay 0.04845
server 202.6.116.123, stratum 2, offset 3.014780, delay 0.02637
 1 May 14:50:07 ntpdate[7702]: step time server 202.21.137.10 offset 3.014950 sec
server 203.99.129.34, stratum 2, offset 71.013228, delay 0.02754
server 60.234.251.225, stratum 2, offset 71.025155, delay 0.04961
server 119.47.118.129, stratum 2, offset 71.020614, delay 0.02736
 1 May 15:00:08 ntpdate[9492]: step time server 119.47.118.129 offset 71.020614 sec
server 203.99.128.34, stratum 2, offset 5.024953, delay 0.03732
server 203.99.129.34, stratum 2, offset 5.016144, delay 0.02759
server 202.78.240.38, stratum 2, offset 5.024495, delay 0.03552
 1 May 15:10:07 ntpdate[10957]: step time server 203.99.129.34 offset 5.016144 sec
I tried different time servers in /etc/ntp.conf and got the same results.

Can you please advise what could be wrong?

Thanks heaps