Hushpuppy wrote:
> Hi,
> I have a machine that is syncing to a Stratum-2 server which is
> syncing to a Stratum-1 server, which has a GPS Stratum-0 device
> attached to it.  At my work (financial services) the market rules
> mandate synchronizing our clocks to within a maximum 3 second
> difference of the NIST atomic clock.  We also need to log/document
> that we are within 3 seconds.
> 
> So I have been perusing the output of ntpq but I don't fully
> understand it after some time of study.  I assume I could use the pe
> command to figure out what my current offset is, and then as to
> determine my assID, and finally rv <assID> to look at my peers.  Then
> I could perhaps add the current offset of my current peer, to one of
> the numbers from the rv command (rootdispersion?), to arrive at a

I believe that the "root dispersion" is your actual error; e.g. the 
difference between your clock and the correct time.

I believe that "offset" is the difference between your clock and the server.

The distinction is subtle but important.
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