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Re: Problem with Time-Server from NIST
From: Michael Dorl
Date: 2011 Apr 08, 07:54 -0500
From: Michael Dorl
Date: 2011 Apr 08, 07:54 -0500
On 4/8/2011 7:30 AM, Marcel Tschudin wrote: > After some further testing: The time shown on the Web-interface > corresponds now again with the synchronised computer clock. In between > the difference reduced from 2s to 1s. It appears to me that the time > shown on http://nist.time.gov/timezone.cgi?UTC/s/0/java doesn't seem > to be reliable. > > Marcel I suppose you know but your synchronized clock tries to allow for the round trip time between your computer and the server.