I’m not seeing how to translate use of an NTP server into "LC-talk.” I would love to use it but Google doesn’t seem to have an API that I can access. And I would love the dependability of the Google universe.
This one does return JSON: http://worldclockapi.com <http://worldclockapi.com/> What I was using before was Julian date which is an easy calculation to use with a 30-day free trial. This worldclockapi.com server returns: {"$id":"1","currentDateTime":"2018-09-15T03:25Z","utcOffset":"00:00:00","isDayLightSavingsTime":false,"dayOfTheWeek":"Saturday","timeZoneName":"UTC","currentFileTime":131814555546165290,"ordinalDate":"2018-258","serviceResponse":null} The ordinal date could be used, I suppose, to calculate 30 days from now. Peter > On Sep 14, 2018, at 8:06 PM, Stephen Barncard via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > I'd rather use a time server that a lot of people use and is maintained. A > private web server's clock depends on ...x for reference? > > "Google Public NTP serves leap-smeared time > <https://developers.google.com/time/smear>. We use this technology to > smoothly handle leap seconds with no disruptive events. > > We implemented Google Public NTP with our load balancers > <https://cloud.google.com/load-balancing/> and our fleet of atomic clocks > in data centers around the world. > > - Configure your network settings to use time.google.com as your NTP > server." > > > -- > Stephen Barncard - Sebastopol Ca. USA - > mixstream.org > > On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 7:55 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > >> You could put a little one line CGI on your server that just returns the >> time and date. >> -- >> Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com >> HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com >> >> On September 14, 2018 8:47:51 PM Peter Bogdanoff via use-livecode < >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >> >> Yes, that’s right. >>> >>> We had a report of a user setting back his OS date to extend his demo. >>> This caused us much consternation, thus the desire for an independent date >>> source. >>> >>> Peter >>> >>> On Sep 14, 2018, at 5:56 PM, Brian Milby via use-livecode < >>>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> I think the goal is an independent time (date) source to ensure that the >>>> value is correct. I’m curious about the best solution. Probably would >>>> involve your own server though. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Brian >>>> On Sep 14, 2018, 7:36 PM -0500, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode < >>>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>, wrote: >>>> >>>>> Peter Bogdanoff wrote: >>>>> >>>>> And… if anyone has a method that doesn’t rely on the user’s local >>>>>> date/time I’d like to hear that… >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Using "the seconds" returns a value that accounts for local GMT offset. >>>>> with the value returned being for GMT. >>>>> >>>>> So if you get the seconds and then display them on a machine set to a >>>>> different time zone, the time zone will be taken into account when using >>>>> the convert command to display them in any human-readable format. >>>>> >>>>> FWIW "the internet date" is similarly useful for converting to other >>>>> formats in ways that take local time zone into account. >>>>> >>>>> AFAIK those are the only two built-in date formats that account for GMT >>>>> offset, but I've used both for network services where users trade data >>>>> across many time zones and they work quite well. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Richard Gaskin >>>>> Fourth World Systems >>>>> Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web >>>>> ____________________________________________________________________ >>>>> ambassa...@fourthworld.com http://www.FourthWorld.com >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> use-livecode mailing list >>>>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>>>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>>>> subscription preferences: >>>>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> use-livecode mailing list >>>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>>> subscription preferences: >>>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> use-livecode mailing list >>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>> subscription preferences: >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >>> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode