Re: Time code!

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2002


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 43562
interpreted = N
texte = If your running OSX you can just drop into the [shell] to do this ..[!] The below line will query a time server for current time It will not update the time and will create an error on OSX as no 'sudo' command was used .. Never the less - the time is returned [/!][shell] ntpdate -u -d [/shell]The do some fancy [middle]ing around the response .. Save heaps of time learning the protocol ntp speaks ..Alain> Bob Minor wrote: >> Anybody written a code snippet to grab the time from a time server? >> >> Sorry for the dual post! >> > > This is not trivial, or IMHO necessary. The OS should be responsible for > getting the time correct, not an application. > > That being said, if the remote time server is running a web server, you can > use > something like this to get a date string from it: > > [TCPConnect host=isd.smithmicro.com&port=80] > [TCPSend]HEAD / HTTP/1.0[UnURL]%0D%0A%0D%0A[/UnURL][/TCPSend] > [/TCPConnect] > > and you will get the following HTTP headers back: > > HTTP/1.1 200 OK > Server: Microsoft-IIS/5.0 > Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 10:59:00 GMT > Connection: Keep-Alive > Content-Length: 1270 > Content-Type: text/html > Set-Cookie: ASPSESSIONIDQGQQGJDC=DFEDPNDDJGBEIKFNDAEPBAEL; path=/ > Cache-control: private > > It is left as an exercise for the reader to figure out how to get the Date: > header out and interpret it as a time in the local timezone. > > But seriously, run xntpd or better yet clockspeed on your local server. It is > the O/S that should be setting the time, not a usermode application. > > John ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Time code! (Bob Minor 2002)
  2. Re: Time code! (John Peacock 2002)
  3. Re: Time code! (dale's stuff 2002)
  4. Re: Time code! (Gary Krockover 2002)
  5. Re: Time code! (Bob Minor 2002)
  6. Re: Time code! (John Peacock 2002)
  7. Re: Time code! (dale@gmr.dresdner.net 2002)
  8. Re: Time code! (Bob Minor 2002)
  9. Re: Time code! (John Peacock 2002)
  10. Re: Time code! (dale@gmr.dresdner.net 2002)
  11. Re: Time code! (Bob Minor 2002)
  12. Re: Time code! (John Peacock 2002)
  13. Re: Time code! (Bob Minor 2002)
  14. Re: Time code! (Alain Russell 2002)
  15. Re: Time code! (John Peacock 2002)
  16. Time code! (Bob Minor 2002)
If your running OSX you can just drop into the [shell] to do this ..[!] The below line will query a time server for current time It will not update the time and will create an error on OSX as no 'sudo' command was used .. Never the less - the time is returned [/!][shell] ntpdate -u -d [/shell]The do some fancy [middle]ing around the response .. Save heaps of time learning the protocol ntp speaks ..Alain> Bob Minor wrote: >> Anybody written a code snippet to grab the time from a time server? >> >> Sorry for the dual post! >> > > This is not trivial, or IMHO necessary. The OS should be responsible for > getting the time correct, not an application. > > That being said, if the remote time server is running a web server, you can > use > something like this to get a date string from it: > > [TCPConnect host=isd.smithmicro.com&port=80] > [tcpsend]HEAD / HTTP/1.0[unurl]%0D%0A%0D%0A[/UnURL][/TCPSend] > [/TCPConnect] > > and you will get the following HTTP headers back: > > HTTP/1.1 200 OK > Server: Microsoft-IIS/5.0 > Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 10:59:00 GMT > Connection: Keep-Alive > Content-Length: 1270 > Content-Type: text/html > Set-Cookie: ASPSESSIONIDQGQQGJDC=DFEDPNDDJGBEIKFNDAEPBAEL; path=/ > Cache-control: private > > It is left as an exercise for the reader to figure out how to get the Date: > header out and interpret it as a time in the local timezone. > > But seriously, run xntpd or better yet clockspeed on your local server. It is > the O/S that should be setting the time, not a usermode application. > > John ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Alain Russell

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