Ntp

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Revision as of 12:01, 16 August 2011 by imported>ThorstenStaerk

NTP is the network time protocol. It allows you to fetch the current date/time from an internet time server. You can also use it to provide a network time service.

Show time offset from time server

# sntp timeserver.mycompany.com
2011 Aug 16 13:59:55.000224 + 0.000137 +/- 0.002426 secs