diff --git a/esphome/components/sntp/sntp_component.cpp b/esphome/components/sntp/sntp_component.cpp
index 2b6cd10e80..96be0e9709 100644
--- a/esphome/components/sntp/sntp_component.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/sntp/sntp_component.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 
 #ifdef USE_ESP32
 #include "lwip/apps/sntp.h"
+#ifdef USE_ESP_IDF
+#include "esp_sntp.h"
+#endif
 #endif
 #ifdef USE_ESP8266
 #include "sntp.h"
@@ -37,6 +40,9 @@ void SNTPComponent::setup() {
   if (!this->server_3_.empty()) {
     sntp_setservername(2, strdup(this->server_3_.c_str()));
   }
+#ifdef USE_ESP_IDF
+  sntp_set_sync_interval(this->get_update_interval());
+#endif
 
   sntp_init();
 }
@@ -47,7 +53,16 @@ void SNTPComponent::dump_config() {
   ESP_LOGCONFIG(TAG, "  Server 3: '%s'", this->server_3_.c_str());
   ESP_LOGCONFIG(TAG, "  Timezone: '%s'", this->timezone_.c_str());
 }
-void SNTPComponent::update() {}
+void SNTPComponent::update() {
+#ifndef USE_ESP_IDF
+  // force resync
+  if (sntp_enabled()) {
+    sntp_stop();
+    this->has_time_ = false;
+    sntp_init();
+  }
+#endif
+}
 void SNTPComponent::loop() {
   if (this->has_time_)
     return;
@@ -56,7 +71,7 @@ void SNTPComponent::loop() {
   if (!time.is_valid())
     return;
 
-  ESP_LOGD(TAG, "Synchronized time: %d-%d-%d %d:%d:%d", time.year, time.month, time.day_of_month, time.hour,
+  ESP_LOGD(TAG, "Synchronized time: %d-%d-%d %d:%02d:%02d", time.year, time.month, time.day_of_month, time.hour,
            time.minute, time.second);
   this->time_sync_callback_.call();
   this->has_time_ = true;