Steve Kostecke wrote:
> On 2009-02-26, Bartholome, Alain <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> The primary reason why I need NTP is the synchronization of the systems,
>> not the accuracy of time.
>
> NTP is designed to synchronize computer clocks to a common time base.
>
> The most commonly used timebase is UTC acquired over a network or via a
> radio ref-clock such as GPS. It's cheap. It's ubiquitous.
>
> A nice side effect of using UTC as your timebase is that your clocks
> will be set to the correct time.
>
Sure, but there are definitely applications where TAI are preferred to UTC.
-hpa
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