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Re: NTP for ASBRs?


From: Tony Finch <dot () dotat at>
Date: Thu, 9 May 2019 14:15:07 +0100

Bryan Holloway <bryan () shout net> wrote:
On 5/8/19 7:55 PM, Brian Kantor wrote:
On Wed, May 08, 2019 at 07:47:56PM -0500, Bryan Holloway wrote:

When a NOC-ling, in their own local timezone, says, "hey, what happened
two hours ago?", they have to make a calculation.

Clocks are cheap.

Cheap != free.

You already got one with your computer, and if it is Free Software:

$ TZ=Z date -d '2 hours ago' +%FT%TZ

Tony.
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