On 05/11/2011 08:09 PM, Walter Dnes wrote: > On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 10:49:44PM +0100, Mick wrote > >> I recall that not all ntp servers respond to rdate - perhaps the >> server(s) you tried have changed their configuration? > > Finally found one... nist1-ny.ustiming.org > > I'm in Toronto Canada, and New York City is about as close as it gets > to me. Your message implies that there is some other program to get > time from a server. Is it ntpd? >
Most people (made-up statistic) use NTP. There are a couple of different implementations available; I personally think openntpd is the easiest to configure if you don't have chronic (pun extremely intended) time issues.