NTP Servers - Should a reboot be required?

[ja az]

Hi all,

During the Demo and Retrospective call last week, the UI design team
showed the current proposals for the Date and Time Settings panels. As
it stands, the backend has been developed in way such that any changes
in the synchronized NTP servers would require the host to be off in
order for the changes to go into effect. If the host is not off, a
reboot is required. And so, the UI designs were created to represent
this. When they were shown last week, there was hesitation regarding
the need for a reboot; some gave the example of changing the date on
their laptop and how that doesn’t require a reboot.

Are there resources to modify the backend so that a reboot is not
required? Is that possible even if there were resources?

Please review said designs at:
https://ibm.invisionapp.com/share/RQNYHJ0VBDY#/318994112_2-_S_Add_Empty

Jandra A