On Mon, 07 Dec 2020 14:50:01 +0000
Adam Funk  wrote:

> I was just wondering about
> what kind of situation needs the external clock so the time is
> accurate *before* NTP starts working.

 It rather depends on how long might elapse before reaching a time
server, if there's any danger of that being a long time then a RTC is very
helpful, if you're sure of a time server immediately after boot then it's
pretty much useless.

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