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From: rws@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Bob Scheifler)
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Subject: Re: Current Server Time?
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Date: 8 Sep 89 17:06:10 GMT
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    Is there a way to directly retrieve the current server tick in R3?

The ICCCM answers this:

A zero-length append to a property is a way to obtain a time-stamp for
this purpose;  the timestamp is in the corresponding PropertyNotify event.