Setting the date in FreeBSD
Set the date with the date command followed by the actual date.
Date format: YYMMDDHHMM
Then test it with the date command.
[root@www /]# date 0612161021
[root@www /]# date
Sat Dec 16 10:21:24 EST 2006
Syncronizing with a public server
Just add this to the /etc/rc.conf file.
ntpdate_enable="YES"
ntpdate_program="ntpdate"
ntpdate_flags="-b exampletimeserver.org"