David Woolley wrote: > Steve Kostecke wrote: > >>> I'm just not so sure if I can absolutely count on ntpq to determine >>> time offset of NTP synced machines... >> ntpq does not calculate anything. It merely displays information >> returned from the ntpd it is querying. >> > > I believe that he means the combination of ntpq and and ntpd. The basic > problem is that you are trying to mesure a parameter on a system where > that parameter affects the accuracy of the measurement. > > There is also a problem that many other people believe that software > clock time + offset = UTC time (possibly minus). However, when ntpd is > operating in the environment in which Dave Mills expects it to operate, > |UTC - software clock time| << |offset|. > > I believe that the parameter the OP actually wants to measure is |UTC - > software clock time|. As this is Windows, and Windows doesn't > interpolate, one would guess that he wants this value at the point of > the clock tick.
Windows does interpolate, the same as Unix. Danny -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
