Mac time freezes and not updating

After upgrading to osx yosemeti the mac time freezes frequently and not updating...I have to manually everytime to see the current time..

System Preferences/Date & Time/Date & Time - is it set to Set date and Time automatically? If so, try the following.
Do a backup.
Quit the application.
In Finder hold down the option/alt key while selecting the Go menu item. Select Library. Then go to Preferences/com.apple.systempreferences.plist. Move the .plist to your desktop.
Restart and test. If it works okay, delete the plist from the desktop.
If the same, return the .plist to where you got it from, overwriting the newer ones.
If you want to make your user library permanently visible, run the below command in Applications/Utilities/Terminal.
chflags nohidden ~/Library/
You will need to do that after any updates.

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