Re: Does Dimdows Know What Time It Is?

On Sun, 29 Sep 2024 14:59:43 -0400, DFS wrote:
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I NEVER trust Linux to keep time.  I've encountered several occurrences
of it dropping 5-7 minutes over a 1-hour period.

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I haven’t. All my Linux machines maintain consistent time down to a
fraction of a second.
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NTP actually has this feature where it learns about the drift
characteristics of your hardware clock, and can keep it reasonably
accurate even if it loses any connection to a time server for hours or
days at a time.