Re: clock running fast

From: Harlan Stenn (Harlan.Stenn_at_pfcs.com)
Date: 12/30/04

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    To: Federico Galvez-Durand Besnard <Federico.Besnard@bluewin.ch>
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 16:12:19 -0500

    No way.

    ntpd operates in gmt/utc only; localtime is completely out of the question.

    H 

    --
> Hmmm, are you using the same localtime in all machines?
> I remember having the same problem several years ago, in 3.x, with a 
> server. The clock kept walking. Hardware was OK. It came back to normal 
> after setting localtime correctly.
> Remember, if you are in Pacific Time you are GMT+8 (some people wrongly 
> uses GMT-8), it means you have to add 8h to your localtime in order to 
> get GMT. Your NTPD will never be stable with a wrong localtime setting.
> Fico//
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