How to fix "time jumped backwards, rotating" RHEL/AlmaLinux/RockyLinux

If you see this message on the server console 

time jumped backwards, rotating

 

This usually happens when BIOS date is not in UTC.

 

1. You can simply fix this from SSH by using the following command:

timedatectl set-local-rtc 0

 

2. Verify the updated time by using the following command:

timedatectl

 

3. It will show output similar to this (RTC time should match Univeral time):

               Local time: Wed 2024-08-07 22:51:01 EDT
           Universal time: Thu 2024-08-08 02:51:01 UTC
                 RTC time: Thu 2024-08-08 02:51:01
                Time zone: America/New_York (EDT, -0400)
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