[ntp:questions] Re: ntpdate steps 86400 seconds
Tom Smith
smith at cag.zko.hp.com
Sat Oct 1 13:49:19 UTC 2005
K.D.P wrote:
> I ran ntpdate -d time_server_ip (just before to just after midnight)
> additional to my original ntpdate -sB time_server_ip (every minute) in cron.
> Here is the result:
>
reference time: c6e84f87.00000000 Fri, Sep 30 2005 23:57:59.000
originate timestamp: c6e84f88.88fe6cfa Fri, Sep 30 2005 23:58:00.535
transmit timestamp: c6e84f88.897689ca Fri, Sep 30 2005 23:58:00.536
offset -0.002518
Not OK:
reference time: c6e9a144.00000000 Sat, Oct 1 2005 23:59:00.000
originate timestamp: c6e9a144.ea4521cf Sat, Oct 1 2005 23:59:00.915
transmit timestamp: c6e84fc4.e9487768 Fri, Sep 30 2005 23:59:00.911
offset 86400.001896
reference time: c6e9a180.00000000 Sun, Oct 2 2005 0:00:00.000
originate timestamp: c6e9a181.3a12cadb Sun, Oct 2 2005 0:00:01.226
transmit timestamp: c6e85001.39a7f3cf Sat, Oct 1 2005 0:00:01.225
offset 86400.000962
Both the originate and reference timestamps have skipped ahead by
24 hours 1 minute _before_ midnight.
Note also that the reference time only has a resolution
of 1 second.
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