> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of David Andrews > > On Fri, 2005-07-29 at 15:35 +0200, Ulrich Boche wrote: > > This would be at least as accurate as dialing out to a time > service or > > using a GPS receiver. > > >From the NTP overview at: > http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/database/brief/overview/overview.pdf > > "NTP provides nominal accuracies of low tens of milliseconds > on WANs, submilliseconds on LANs, and submicroseconds using a > precision time source such as a cesium oscillator or GPS receiver."
See also <http://tf.nist.gov/service/its.htm>. -jc- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
