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Subject: Re: How to force GMT/UTC
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At 03:40 AM 9/6/2000 -0500, David McNett wrote:
>Perhaps the more signifigant issue is that NTP, the protocol we all
>(presumably) use to keep our clocks synchronized is UTC-based.  If
>you're relying on netdate, or ntpd, or xntpd or any equivalent method
>to keep your system clock synchronized, then you are UTC-synced, and
>not GMT.

Good info, thanks!!  I want UTC then.  It has to be as precise as possible 
using conventionally available resources.

Thanks for the reply.

- John Turner



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