• Mac OS X,  Mac OS X Server,  Mac Security

    Automating NTP Setup on Mac OS X

    The two primary aspects of time setup are typically setting the time zone and setting the Network Time Protocol (NTP) server.  The systemsetup command can be used to set both of these date and time options for Mac OS X computers.  To see a listing of the available time zones in Mac OS X use the systemsetup with the -listtimezones option as follows: systemsetup -listtimezones Once you have the time zones you can then use systemsetup with the -settimezone option to configure the time zone on your system.  It is often easiest to simply paste the time zone into the command.  So to set the time zone to Detroit for…