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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Server system date synchronizaion
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On 26 April 2013, at 16:41, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> ...
> So here's what you do: sync everything to your ISP's time servers.
> Chances are good they do a better job than you can, just like with DNS
> caching.


I'm not sure if my ISP offers time servers, but Apple and MS both run =
time servers which are publicly accessible (presumably from any o/s).

I've never changed my laptop from its default, to sync with =
time.euro.apple.com, but my Linux boxes all use the public ntp pool, so =
I was surprised to read the other comments claiming the latter to be =
inaccurate.

Whenever I restart /etc/init.d/ntpd on my Linux boxes I can see their =
time match that of my laptop, as consistent as I can see, i.e. less than =
a second's difference between them.

Stroller.