Date: Sat, 27 Dec 1997 10:43:28 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Brian Clapper <bmc@WillsCreek.COM> Cc: "Robert J. Lynn Jr." <root@techster.dyn.ml.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Also... Time server for EST? Message-ID: <19971227104328.07283@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199712261559.KAA28713@current.willscreek.com>; from Brian Clapper on Fri, Dec 26, 1997 at 10:59:07AM -0500 References: <199712260336.DAA09178@techster.dyn.ml.org> <19971226143137.02835@lemis.com> <199712261559.KAA28713@current.willscreek.com>
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On Fri, Dec 26, 1997 at 10:59:07AM -0500, Brian Clapper wrote: > On 26 December, 1997, at 14:31 (+1030) > Greg Lehey wrote: > >> On Fri, Dec 26, 1997 at 03:36:28AM +0000, Robert J. Lynn Jr. wrote: >>> Do you know of any ntpdate servers for EST? penn state and mitt are off :P >> >> No, but you can find one at http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/servers.html > > Robert Lynn's phrasing of his original question and his explicit mention of > EST leads me to wonder whether he believes he must time-synch against a > machine in the same time zone. Yes, I was wondering about that too. But it could equally well have just meant "one near me". > As I understand the Network Time Protocol (NTP), that's not > necessary. Correct. It doesn't deal in time zones. > Other than network proximity to the host (i.e., is it easily reached > from your box?), you shouldn't need to worry where the server is > located. Again, correct. Greg
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