# Syncing clock with host

**URL:** <https://forums.docker.com/t/syncing-clock-with-host/10432>\
**Category:** Docker Desktop\
**Tags:** macos\
**Created:** [April 28, 2016, 10:09pm UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/syncing-clock-with-host/10432 "2016-04-28T22:09:56Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 11, 2017, 3:35pm UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/syncing-clock-with-host/10432/23 "2017-10-11T15:35:14Z")

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To set the clock I did,

```
docker run --privileged --rm alpine date -s "$(date -u "+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")"

```

This prints the Mac’s time in UTC so that it matches UTC in the container.

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