How accurate?

Post #19,619 by Another Scott 11/28/01 10:05:40 AM Reply	How accurate? I use a freeware SNTP app which gets time from a time server every hour. Depending on the PC, the time can be off by a second or so before it's adjusted. Look for cmdtime (the copy I got was from [link\|http://www.softshape.com/download/#freeware\|softshape.com] for Win32) or something similar. Lots of similar things for *nix and OS/2. If you need better resolution, you might need something else... HTH. Cheers, Scott.
Post #19,620 by admin 11/28/01 10:16:48 AM Reply	I'd prefer sub-second accuracy With a large number of developers checking in code from multiple machines, those seconds can add up. Regards, -scott anderson
Post #19,624 by pwhysall 11/28/01 10:30:21 AM Reply	Local radio clock And have the boxes synchronise against your own local NTP server. I think you get +/- 0.5sec accuracy with NTP. Peter Shill For Hire [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal]
Post #19,627 by admin 11/28/01 10:42:03 AM Reply	Does that work for W2K/AS? One of the admins here mentioned that AS needs time synch, so we have some internal Win2K synch servers... Regards, -scott anderson
Post #19,635 by pwhysall 11/28/01 11:07:19 AM Reply	Re: Does that work for W2K/AS? You mean Active Directory, I take it. The Windows 2000 time service can obtain its time from a regular NTP server, yes. Peter Shill For Hire [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal]
Post #19,637 by pwhysall 11/28/01 11:14:07 AM Reply	Addendum W32Time actually uses SNTP, not NTP, so doesn't have all the bells and whistles. But if it's accurate enough for Kerberos (shut up now before you start (:= ) authentication, I think it'll be accurate enough to stop your CVS repository getting munged. Peter Shill For Hire [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal]
Post #19,638 by admin 11/28/01 11:19:14 AM Reply	As it turns out... They've got the Solaris boxen and the W2K boxen synched somehow, and I was told to just use rdate against one of the development boxes. :-) Thanks. Regards, -scott anderson

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