diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d554f4774..6f7ed4ada 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ permalink: /docs/en-US/changelog/
 
 ### Maintenance
 
-* Switch the Parallels Arm64 box from `mpasternak/focal64-arm` to `bento/ubuntu-22.04-arm64` to match x86 boxes ( #2695 )
+* Switch the Parallels Arm64 box from `mpasternak/focal64-arm` to `bento/ubuntu-20.04-arm64` to match x86 boxes ( #2695 )
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ permalink: /docs/en-US/changelog/
 * Fixes for hosts file cleanup ( #2708 )
 * Removed old MacOS PR workflows, no runners available ( #2698 )
 * Replace an outdated Nginx signing key ( #2710 )
+* Don't sync clocks when using the docker provider ( #2711 )
 
 ## 3.12 ( 2023 August 3rd )
 
diff --git a/config/homebin/vagrant_provision b/config/homebin/vagrant_provision
index f7987dfcd..84903f1c0 100755
--- a/config/homebin/vagrant_provision
+++ b/config/homebin/vagrant_provision
@@ -27,15 +27,17 @@ sudo service nginx restart
 vvv_info " * Restarting MariaDB service"
 sudo service mariadb restart
 
-if [ -x "$(command -v ntpdate)" ]; then
-	vvv_info " * Syncing clocks"
-	if sudo ntpdate -u ntp.ubuntu.com; then
-		vvv_info " * clocks synced"
-	else
-		vvv_warn " - clock synchronisation failed"
-	fi
-else
-	vvv_info " - skipping ntpdate clock sync, not installed yet"
+if [ ! -f /.dockerenv ]; then
+  if [ -x "$(command -v ntpdate)" ]; then
+    vvv_info " * Syncing clocks"
+    if sudo ntpdate -u ntp.ubuntu.com; then
+      vvv_info " * clocks synced"
+    else
+      vvv_warn " - clock synchronisation failed"
+    fi
+  else
+    vvv_info " - skipping ntpdate clock sync, not installed yet"
+  fi
 fi
 
 RED="\033[38;5;9m"
diff --git a/config/homebin/vagrant_up b/config/homebin/vagrant_up
index 7331d32fb..4ec3e6b6b 100755
--- a/config/homebin/vagrant_up
+++ b/config/homebin/vagrant_up
@@ -46,15 +46,17 @@ sudo service memcached restart
 vvv_info " * Restarting Mailhog"
 /usr/bin/env /usr/local/bin/mailhog > /dev/null 2>&1 &
 
-if [ -x "$(command -v ntpdate)" ]; then
-	vvv_info " * Syncing clocks"
-	if sudo ntpdate -u ntp.ubuntu.com; then
-		vvv_info " * clocks synced"
-	else
-		vvv_warn " - clock synchronisation failed"
-	fi
-else
-	vvv_info " - skipping ntpdate clock sync, not installed yet"
+if [ ! -f /.dockerenv ]; then
+  if [ -x "$(command -v ntpdate)" ]; then
+    vvv_info " * Syncing clocks"
+    if sudo ntpdate -u ntp.ubuntu.com; then
+      vvv_info " * clocks synced"
+    else
+      vvv_warn " - clock synchronisation failed"
+    fi
+  else
+    vvv_info " - skipping ntpdate clock sync, not installed yet"
+  fi
 fi
 
 mkdir -p /vagrant/failed_provisioners
diff --git a/provision/provision.sh b/provision/provision.sh
index 693428f22..fdbe4baf3 100755
--- a/provision/provision.sh
+++ b/provision/provision.sh
@@ -18,19 +18,21 @@ rm -f /vagrant/version
 rm -f /vagrant/vvv-custom.yml
 rm -f /vagrant/config.yml
 
-if [ -x "$(command -v ntpdate)" ]; then
-	echo " * Syncing clocks"
-	if sudo ntpdate -u ntp.ubuntu.com; then
-		echo " * clocks synced"
-	else
-		vvv_warn " - clock synchronisation failed"
-	fi
-else
-	echo " - skipping ntpdate clock sync, not installed yet"
+if [ ! -f /.dockerenv ]; then
+  if [ -x "$(command -v ntpdate)" ]; then
+    echo " * Syncing clocks"
+    if sudo ntpdate -u ntp.ubuntu.com; then
+      echo " * clocks synced"
+    else
+      echo " - clock synchronisation failed"
+    fi
+  else
+    echo " - skipping ntpdate clock sync, not installed yet"
+  fi
 fi
 
 touch /vagrant/provisioned_at
-echo $(date "+%Y.%m.%d_%H-%M-%S") > /vagrant/provisioned_at
+date "+%Y.%m.%d_%H-%M-%S" > /vagrant/provisioned_at
 
 # copy over version and config files
 cp -f /home/vagrant/version /vagrant