From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Dec 26 16:14:36 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id QAA15008 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 26 Dec 1997 16:14:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (gregl1.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.136.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id QAA14993 for ; Fri, 26 Dec 1997 16:14:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id KAA20997; Sat, 27 Dec 1997 10:43:29 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19971227104328.07283@lemis.com> Date: Sat, 27 Dec 1997 10:43:28 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Brian Clapper Cc: "Robert J. Lynn Jr." , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Also... Time server for EST? References: <199712260336.DAA09178@techster.dyn.ml.org> <19971226143137.02835@lemis.com> <199712261559.KAA28713@current.willscreek.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84e In-Reply-To: <199712261559.KAA28713@current.willscreek.com>; from Brian Clapper on Fri, Dec 26, 1997 at 10:59:07AM -0500 Organisation: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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