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On Sun, 25 Dec 2005 06:59:20 -0500 |
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Philip Webb <purslow@×××××××××.ca> wrote: |
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> The details are in Appx E : it seems a warning bit is set manually |
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> by the operator of the primary time server during the previous day |
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Seems like I should have looked more carefully. |
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> & one supposes -- hopes (smile) -- that local NTP clients receive it |
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> & understand what it all means, thereby resetting the local clock. |
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That's looks like the way it works. Certainly more accurate then |
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waiting for the new time to cascade through the layers. |
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> Perhaps we should all watch our Gkrellms as 2006 flips into view ... |
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What else would we all be doing then?! *8) Then again you're in Canada |
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and the leap second is being added at 23:59:59 UTC. That means in your |
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local time it'll be hours before the end of the year. |
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Of course there's another site I should have mentioned too. All the |
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information on NTP you could ever want at http://www.ntp.org/. |
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Ian. |
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EOM |
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