ntp inquiry

[James Knott]

Kevin Cozens wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 04, 2005 at 08:46:08AM -0400, Stewart C. Russell wrote:
> 
>>> That's good to know -- but how accurate is it? A government agency I
>>> know of doesn't use NTP but some proprietary solution, as they don't
>>> think NTP is accurate enough. I dunno if that's bias, or fact, or issues
>>> with Windows's implementation of NTP.
>>  
>>
> I set my computers clock using ntp and the time information from
> time-a.timefreq.bldrdoc.gov (a machine run by the the National Institue
> of Standards and Technology in Colorado) . Under Windows, the program I
> use indicates its using SNTP as the protocol to connect to the same
> machine. The NIST have an atomic clock and use the time from that clock
> for the voice announcements you hear over shortwave via radio stations
> WWV, WWVH, and WWVB. I wind up with my computer clock set (within a
> fraction of a second) to the same time as the voice announcements I hear
> via shortwave. No other Internet address has given me time information
> as close to that of WWV/WWVH/WWVB.

I use time.nrc.ca, which is the National Research Council in Ottawa.  I
assume their clocks are reasonably accurate.
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