Old way most of us are used to is not working with underlying operating systems that use systemd. After trying a lot of things with ntpd and ntpdate I found out that correct way to force sync the clock is:
timedatectl set-ntp true
Add hardware clock (RTC hwclock) DS3231 to Raspberry Pi
Lack of hardware clock on Raspberry Pi is not that big of a deal if you are online all the time. For a few $ you can add this feature to your pi.
I ordered mine on eBay for less than $2, so I can recommend the seller here:
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