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- From: jbvb@vax.ftp.com (James B. VanBokkelen)
- Subject: Re: Setting date and time on PC
- Message-ID: <930112125100@cream.ftp.com>
- Nntp-Software: PC/TCP NNTP
- Keywords: Time service
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- References: <1993Jan12.031512.16593@samba.oit.unc.edu>
- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 12:51:00
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- In article <1993Jan12.031512.16593@samba.oit.unc.edu> tclark@med.unc.edu (Thomas B. Clark III) writes:
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- Does anyone have any experience setting the PC's date and time
- from a UNIX time server using tcp/ip?
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- A number of the PC TCP/IP packages (including ours) have clients for the
- Time Protocol defined in RFC 868. Its accuracy is limited, but it seems
- to be good enough for most DOS usages.
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