Many applications require server time frequently.
What are the best ways for maintaining server time on client machine with minimized request to server.
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The standard way is to use NTP. You can configure it to synchronize as needed, if your machines have decent clocks and unless you want microsecond accuracy or anything like that you should be fine synchronizing once a day or so
Vinko Vrsalovic
2008-11-18 16:59:41
The internal clock is typically a standard quartz oscillator. Provided they're kept at the proper temperature they have a stability of one second per month.
Simon Johnson
2008-11-18 17:19:19