aredn/files/etc/cron.daily/update-clock

#!/bin/sh
true <<'LICENSE'

  On boot, and every 24 hours, update the clock from the first
  available NTP server we find on the network.

  Part of AREDN -- Used for creating Amateur Radio Emergency Data Networks
  Copyright (C) 2022 Tim Wilkinson KN6PLV
  See Contributors file for additional contributors

  This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
  the Free Software Foundation version 3 of the License.

  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
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  Additional Terms:

  Additional use restrictions exist on the AREDN(TM) trademark and logo.
    See AREDNLicense.txt for more info.

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  If importing this code into a new or existing project attribution
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LICENSE

exec 2> /dev/null

candidate=$(uci -q get system.ntp.server)
if [ "${candidate}" != "" ]; then
    if $(ntpd -n -q -p ${candidate}); then
        logger -p notice -t update-time "Update clock from ${candidate}"
        exit 0
    fi
fi

# NTP servers tend to be poorly advertised, so we have to use a bit of
# heuristics to find them
for candidate in $(grep -i ntp /var/run/services_olsr | sed "s/^.*:\/\/\(.*\):.*$/\1/")
do
    if $(ntpd -n -q -p ${candidate}); then
        logger -p notice -t update-time "Update clock from ${candidate}"
        exit 0
    fi
done

logger -p notice -t update-time "Failed to update clock: No reachable ntpd servers."
exit 1