1. Time Synchronizing
Hi Everyone,
I'm working on creating a program for which I need to know the current time in a
timezone which is different from the one I am in. Specifically, I need to know
the current time in the UK.
Unfortunately, I don't understand how the whole NTP thing works. Do NTP servers
all synchronize to GMT (and you have to adjust the time for required timezone,
daylight savings time etc) or is the time returned by a server the local time
adjusted for local changes like daylight savings?
Many thanks for any advice
Mark
2. Re: Time Synchronizing
Mark Brown wrote:
> Unfortunately, I don't understand how the whole NTP thing works. Do NTP
> servers
> all synchronize to GMT (and you have to adjust the time for required timezone,
> daylight savings time etc) or is the time returned by a server the local time
> adjusted for local changes like daylight savings?
As with most all Internet protocols, all is explained in an RFC.
http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1305.html
Note, there's no reference there to GMT. It's UTC.
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Craig
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3. Re: Time Synchronizing
Thanks for the link Craig. I think I know what to do now.
Mark
