On 2014-06-28 22:42, James Knott wrote:
I saw that notice years ago. It says they switched from the old "time" protocol to NTP, which is what I'm using. Also, given it's a primary time source, equivalent to the NIST in the U.S., it should be fully accurate. As for pool servers, they can be slightly less accurate, IIRC. The University of Toronto has two servers, "tick" and "tock" ;-).
You should not set up a single server to query, but several. Like 8. Include those you like, but add a few from the pool. Don't worry, ntp knows how to weed out the bad ones.
Of course, this doesn't change the fact that an Android phone, also configured to time.nrc.ca, agrees with the 2 NIST sources. The only variable here that could be causing the difference is openSUSE. My phone is connected, via WiFi, to the same network as my computer.
My Android phone automatically syncs to my mobile telephone provider, as far as I know. I did not set it up myself, there is no config (only "automatic" or "manual", which means entering a time. I don't know of a way to display seconds in my phone. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" at Telcontar)