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Date:      Thu, 30 Dec 2004 16:12:19 -0500
From:      Harlan Stenn <Harlan.Stenn@pfcs.com>
To:        Federico Galvez-Durand Besnard <Federico.Besnard@bluewin.ch>
Cc:        dtalk-ml@prairienet.org
Subject:   Re: clock running fast 
Message-ID:  <24287.1104441139@dog.pfcs.com>
In-Reply-To: Federico Galvez-Durand Besnard's (Federico.Besnard@bluewin.ch) message dated Thu, 30 Dec 2004 21:58:51.  <41D46C0B.6050803@bluewin.ch> 

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No way.

ntpd operates in gmt/utc only; localtime is completely out of the question.

H
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> Hmmm, are you using the same localtime in all machines?
> I remember having the same problem several years ago, in 3.x, with a 
> server. The clock kept walking. Hardware was OK. It came back to normal 
> after setting localtime correctly.
> Remember, if you are in Pacific Time you are GMT+8 (some people wrongly 
> uses GMT-8), it means you have to add 8h to your localtime in order to 
> get GMT. Your NTPD will never be stable with a wrong localtime setting.
> Fico//



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