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From: jms@tardis.Tymnet.COM (Joe Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Does anybody really know what time it is...
Summary: Go ask the National Bureau of Standards
Message-ID: <1205@tardis.Tymnet.COM>
Date: 28 Aug 90 15:21:46 GMT
References: <15467@unix.SRI.COM>
Reply-To: jms@tardis.Tymnet.COM (Joe Smith)
Organization: BT Tymnet, San Jose, CA
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In article <15467@unix.SRI.COM> mxmora@sri-unix.sri.com (Matt Mora) writes:
>Is there any machines on the network with the correct time? (i.e. time
>server). It doesn't have to be totally accurate +/- a couple of seconds
>is ok. (if I was interested in accurate time the I would implement NTP :-))

Someone from india.colorado.edu posted a message that their machine is
always within a few seconds of the accurate time.  I've added this to
our /etc/hosts.

# In Boulder, Colorado, the National Institute of Standards and Technology
# (formerly called the National Bureau of Standards) broadcasts Universal
# Coordinated Mean Time (GMT) on radio station WWV.  You can hear the
# date/time by calling (303)499-7111.  To set the Unix system's clock to
# this accurate source, add "rdate india.colorado.edu &" to the server's
# rc.local file.  (Diskless clients automatically have their clock set from
# their file server.)  Note: This host needs to be in /etc/hosts because
# the domain name server is usually not running when rc.local is processed.
#
128.138.238.110 india.colorado.edu	# National Inst Standards & Tech (GMT)
#
# End of /etc/hosts


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