[ntp:questions] Automatic time synchronization of local hw clock.

David Taylor david-taylor at blueyonder.co.uk.invalid
Wed Apr 16 15:41:44 UTC 2014


On 16/04/2014 14:50, Martin Burnicki wrote:
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> However, when the NTP service is shut down then it stops disciplining
> the system time anyway and thus calls the Windows API which sets the
> time with the current time as new time. This should force Windows to
> update the time in the RTC chip.
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> Martin

I understood that it was when Windows shut down that NTP set the RTC 
chip, not when the service was shut down.  I've not looked at the code 
(I wouldn't know where to start) to confirm this one way or the other, 
though.

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Cheers,
David
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