ntpdate is a program different from the net dameon. NTPDate is probably erroring out on boot because ntpd is running on that socket.

From the command line, run

# sudo service ntp stop ; sudo ntpdate -s time.nist.gov ; sudo service ntp start

You could also uninstall ntpd all together (apt-get remove ntp) and add a cron script to use ntpdate every hour or so.

ntpdate is a program different from the net dameon. NTPDate is probably erroring out on boot because ntpd is running on that socket.

From the command line, run

# sudo service ntp stop ; sudo ntpdate -s time.nist.gov ; sudo service ntp start

You could also uninstall ntpd all together (apt-get remove ntp) and add a cron script to use ntpdate every hour or so.

UPDATE

ntp service probably won't have meaningful value for you on this system, so remove that first.

# sudo apt-get remove ntp

Now add the command:

ntpdate -sb time.nist.gov

to /etc/rclocal

Reboot. Should be good at that point.