laptop-dev-03[shawn]:/var/log $ date
Mon Mar 27 12:29:15 EDT 2017
laptop-dev-03[shawn]:/var/log $ sudo ps wwaux | grep ntp
root  80660   0.0  0.0 1068696 3912  -  I<s  12:27    0:00.00 /usr/sbin/ntpd -f /etc/ntpd.conf
_ntp  88404   0.0  0.0 1068692 4048  -  S<   12:27    0:00.01 ntpd: ntp engine (ntpd)
_ntp  94204   0.0  0.0 1068696 4152  -  I    12:27    0:00.00 ntpd: dns engine (ntpd)


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