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Sync Time on Linux

Some quirky systems out there doesn't have the usual utilities to sync time. If they have access to the internet, here's a quick way. I found this somewhere on the internet, but don't remember where.

DATE=$(wget -qSO- --max-redirect=0 google.com 2>&1 | grep Date: | cut -d' ' -f5-8)
sudo date -s "${DATE}Z"
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