vmware guest time always wrong, won't sync [SOLVED]

[plut0]

I have two virtual machines running on vmware server 2 that have constant time issues, drifting ahead or back. I have ntp enabled but the times never sync. The output of ntpq shows inaccurate offset and jitter times, even though the time is correct at the moment:

[massimo]

VMWare tools support host-guest time synchronisation.
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Hello 911? How are you?

[plut0]

VMware tools installed and time synchronization is enabled.

[gentoo_ram]

Then don't run ntp. Just run the host/guest time sync daemon. If you have both running, they may be "fighting" each other.

[plut0]

I shut off NTP and let vmware do the syncing alone. This didn't work either as the time kept drifting in the future. I was able to solve the issue though thanks to this link: http://www.glump.net/howto/fix_drifting_clock_in_vmware_linux_host_windows_guest