Re: Retreiving Server Time

From: nos (nos_at_nospam.com)
Date: 12/13/03 

Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 23:35:37 GMT

Ok so now I have to put on my thinking hat.
Date and calendar both get time from the client machine
which may or may not be synchronized to anything.
Windows XP synchronizes itself to nist, but only once
per week. Solaris comes
with ntp and it is most likely synchronized via the network.
But since you have no control over the client machine you have
to assume it is not synchronized.
Sorry to have mislead you but I am sort of stumped right now, maybe later
something will occur to me.

"RadioFreq" <radiofreq@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:i5pCb.939$Pg1.235@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net...
> Thanks Thomas,
>
> I now realize what is happening. An example of what I am doing is on my
> webpage of astronomy-watch.com, where I can only extract the client
machines
> time. The problem with this is, to predict Satellite passes the user needs
> to have the correct time +/- 2 seconds. Client machines can be off from
> several minutes to hours if not properly maintained.
>
> Obviously, this is done in a different way other than opening a socket.
For
> instance, looking at the time.gov/ site will display on the browser the
real
> time. Is this time seeded from the server side?
>
> Thanks for your time, it's really appreciated!
> John
>
> "Thomas A. Li" <tli@corporola.com> wrote in message
> news:SjkCb.3319$%TO.3130@twister01.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com...
> > Check out java.sun.com for details on Java issues first:
> >
> > http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/Security/applets/
>
>