Date: Wed, 17 Dec 1997 17:40:22 -0800 (PST) From: Thomas Dean <tomdean@ix.netcom.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Time Message-ID: <199712180140.RAA01149@ix.netcom.com>
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I have been looking at time on my machine. It appears to track fairly well, except when I attempt to set the time too often. If I set the time about 5 to 6 times per week, I see steps of about .5 second. However, if I set the time two times in about 8 hours, the step is large. Does this make sense? I booted the machine about 0830 on Dec 17. I manually ran ntpdate as root. Here is the output: # ntpdate bigben.cac.washington.edu 17 Dec 09:04:20 ntpdate: step time server 140.142.16.34 offset 1.536999 # ntpdate bigben.cac.washington.edu 17 Dec 17:31:08 ntpdate: step time server 140.142.16.34 offset 4.306211
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