diff -Nur e-smith-ntp-2.6.0.old/root/etc/e-smith/templates/usr/lib/systemd/system/ntpd.service.d/50koozali.conf/40service e-smith-ntp-2.6.0/root/etc/e-smith/templates/usr/lib/systemd/system/ntpd.service.d/50koozali.conf/40service
--- e-smith-ntp-2.6.0.old/root/etc/e-smith/templates/usr/lib/systemd/system/ntpd.service.d/50koozali.conf/40service	2021-01-03 00:03:22.589000000 -0500
+++ e-smith-ntp-2.6.0/root/etc/e-smith/templates/usr/lib/systemd/system/ntpd.service.d/50koozali.conf/40service	2021-01-03 00:15:55.206000000 -0500
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@
 }
 ExecStartPre=-/sbin/e-smith/expand-template /etc/ntp.conf
 ExecStartPre=-/sbin/e-smith/systemd/initializedate
-
+Restart=always
diff -Nur e-smith-ntp-2.6.0.old/root/sbin/e-smith/systemd/initializedate e-smith-ntp-2.6.0/root/sbin/e-smith/systemd/initializedate
--- e-smith-ntp-2.6.0.old/root/sbin/e-smith/systemd/initializedate	2021-01-03 00:03:22.590000000 -0500
+++ e-smith-ntp-2.6.0/root/sbin/e-smith/systemd/initializedate	2021-01-03 00:15:05.932000000 -0500
@@ -16,4 +16,8 @@
 # Run ntpdate so we're not way off on startup.
 ntpstep=/etc/ntp/step-tickers
 tickers=`/bin/sed -e 's/\#.*$//g' $ntpstep`
+#get current date (will need to update this command soon to be retired : ntpd -q -x -g -g -g -g
 /usr/sbin/ntpdate -b -p 8 $tickers
+# set hardware clock to the current time
+/usr/sbin/hwclock --systohc
+exit 0