#!/bin/sh # it is in format of `date -u -Iseconds`, example: 2014-09-29T22:59:21+0000 # it comes from dom0, so is trusted read -r timestamp timediff=$(( $(date -u +'+%Y%m%d%H%M%S') - $(date -u -d "$timestamp" +'+%Y%m%d%H%M%S') )) if [ "$timediff" -le 2 ] && [ "$timediff" -ge -2 ]; then # don't bother exit 0 fi date -u -s "$timestamp" >/dev/null