What time server do you use?

James Knott james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org
Thu May 12 01:14:51 UTC 2011


Walter Dnes wrote:
> On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 08:39:59AM -0400, James Knott wrote
>    
>> Here's the Wikipedia quote, without all the HTML code:
>>
>> "On Unix-like operating systems, rdate is a tool for querying the
>> current time from a network server and, optionally, setting the system
>> time. Rdate uses the Time Protocol. The Time Protocol is generally
>> considered obsolete and has been replaced by the Network Time Protocol
>> (NTP)."
>>      
>    That may be it.  It's worked for years, so I didn't touch it.  Anyhow,
> after a lot of searching, I found nist1-ny.ustiming.org in New York
> City.  That'll do for now.
>
>    

Why not go with NTP?


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