[Bug 1178933] [NEW] Time drifting when set to update Automatically from Internet

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On Ubuntu 12.04 desktop, in System Settings > Time & Date, when the time
is set to update Automatically from Internet it syncs once but then
drifts out over a period of days.

In Syslog I can see that ntpdate is called on boot but is never called
again.

I have seen suggestions that it should re-sync if the DHCP lease is
renewed, but as I have fixed IP address then the lease is not being
renewed.

I expected to see ntpdate called from cron.daily (or similar) but it does not appear to be there.
I seem to remember on an older version of Ubuntu that ntp was automatically installed when I selected update from internet, but this did not happen on this occasion.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.4.2-0ubuntu0.11
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-41.66-generic 3.2.42
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-41-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat May 11 09:17:41 2013
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120823.1)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-control-center
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
usr_lib_gnome-control-center:
 activity-log-manager-control-center 0.9.4-0ubuntu3.2
 deja-dup                            22.0-0ubuntu4
 gnome-bluetooth                     3.2.2-0ubuntu5
 indicator-datetime                  0.3.94-0ubuntu2

** Affects: ntp (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug precise running-unity
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Time drifting when set to update Automatically from Internet
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1178933
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