Re: problem with sntpclock

Octave <[email protected]> Wed, 10 Jul 2002 01:59:33 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.comp.lib.libtai
Message-ID <[email protected]>
> I had this problem too when I first tried libtai. The test computer ran
> 22 secs different from UTC. When I removed /etc/leapseconds.dat, the
> problem went away. Presumably, by using 'right' timezones, libtai times
> should have synced with UTC, but I couldn't make it work. At least one
> other person from the list said he did the same thing.

it works !!

# mv /etc/leapsecs.dat /etc/leapsecs.dat.OLD
# /usr/local/clockspeed/bin/sntpclock 213.91.2.137 | /usr/local/clockspeed/bin/clockview
before: 2002-07-10 01:56:20.554569000000000000
after:  2002-07-10 01:55:58.967678999870359897
# ntpdate 213.91.2.137
10 Jul 01:56:17 ntpdate[14414]: step time server 213.91.2.137 offset -21.586840 sec
# /usr/local/clockspeed/bin/sntpclock 213.91.2.137 | /usr/local/clockspeed/bin/clockview
before: 2002-07-10 01:56:21.689651000000000000
after:  2002-07-10 01:56:21.688297499913752078

thanks a lot !

Octave