Prerequisites Step 1: Endure you are in the correct time zone

# timedatectl
               Local time: Wed 2022-04-20 10:04:44 +08
           Universal time: Wed 2022-04-20 02:04:44 UTC
                 RTC time: Wed 2022-04-20 02:04:44
                Time zone: Asia/Singapore (+08, +0800)
System clock synchronized: no
              NTP service: active
          RTC in local TZ: no

Prerequisites Step 2: List Time Zone

# timedatectl list-timezones
.....
Asia/Singapore
.....

Prerequisites Step 3: Set Time Zone

# timedatectl set-timezone Asia/Singapore

In Rocky Linux 8.5, the ntp package is no longer supported and it is implemented by the chronyd (a daemon that runs in user-space) which is provided in the chrony package.

chrony works both as an NTP server and as an NTP client, which is used to synchronize the system clock with NTP servers.

To install the chrony suite, use the DNF Package Manager.

# dnf install chrony

Enable the Service

# systemctl start chronyd
# systemctl status chronyd
# systemctl enable chronyd

Check it is synchronised

[root@h00 etc]# timedatectl
               Local time: Wed 2022-04-20 10:19:56 +08
           Universal time: Wed 2022-04-20 02:19:56 UTC
                 RTC time: Wed 2022-04-20 02:19:56
                Time zone: Asia/Singapore (+08, +0800)
System clock synchronized: yes
              NTP service: active
          RTC in local TZ: no

Setting up NTP Client Using Chrony in Rocky Linux 8.5

# vim /etc/chrony.conf

.....
pool sg.pool.ntp.org iburst
.....

# systemctl restart chronyd

Show the current time sources that chronyd is accessing

# chronyc sources
MS Name/IP address         Stratum Poll Reach LastRx Last sample
===============================================================================
^? 178.128.223.142               0   6     0     -     +0ns[   +0ns] +/-    0ns
.....
.....
.....

References:

• How to Install NTP in RHEL 8