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How would I go about getting the clock on my iPhone to display the seconds beside the minutes?
I have looked at Settings → General → Date & Time, but it only allows me to choose a Time Zone, Set the clock automatically or toggle 24-Hour Time.
Is there anything I can do to cause the clock to display seconds in addition to minutes and hours?
Looks like some special characters got inserted at the end (especially the 0x2e part which represents a simple .) and OS X now interpretes this as part of the server name. To fix, just run
sudo echo server time.apple.com > /etc/ntp.conf
sudo chown root:wheel /etc/ntp.conf
from the Terminal.
As to why you have this issue I have no clue.
The clock time is keep by a battery or capacitor on some models. It is a small battery on the motherboard and used when the computer is off.
When the computer is on and online it will automatically update the clock time.
Normally that battery last 3-5 years.
Try setting the time manually, by getting the actual update for apple time server.
sudo ntpdate -u time.apple.com
then you will see something like
8 Jun 14:30:11 ntpdate[28267]: adjust time server 17.151.16.14 offset 0.000336 sec
You generally don’t need to do this if you use the “Set date and time automatically” feature within the Date & Time settings.
If that did not work, reset your SMC and PRAM (System management Controller)
I can not believe it is your battery but everything is possible :(. Assuming you do not have 2 left hands, you could do that your self.
Best Answer
In the default, non-jailbroken OS? I don't think so.
In the status bar on a jailbroken iPhone? Yes. It's called StatusBarSeconds.