Author Archives: Richard Hawkesford

The Lost Eleven Days

This article describes what happened when Europe adopted the Gregorian calendar and the problems we still face today trying to synchronise with movement of the Earth. Have you ever gone to bed one night and wondered just where the day … Continue reading

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Windows Server and the Importance of NTP

Windows Server is the most common operating system used by business networks. Whether it is the latest Windows Server 2008 or a previous incarnation such as 2003, most computer networks used in trade and business have a version. These network … Continue reading

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Keeping Accurate Time – The Importance of a Network Time Server

A network time server can be one of the most crucial devices on a computer network as timestamps are vital for most computer applications from sending and email to debugging a network. Tiny inaccuracies in a timestamp can cause havoc … Continue reading

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Ensure Accurate Time with an Atomic Wall Clock

Written By Richard Williams for Galleon Systems Accuracy in timekeeping is forever becoming more important in the modern global economy. Industries and business around the globe are now often communicating with each despite the time zone differences. There was a … Continue reading

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NTP Time Server – Packet Header Explained

Most time servers use Network Time Protocol and like other Internet based protocols NTP contains a packet header. A packet header, put simply, is just is a formatted unit of data that describes the information contained in the packet. The … Continue reading

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Does your Business Need a NTP time server?

UTC – Coordinated Universal Time (from the French: Universel Temps Coordonné) is a global timescale based on Greenwich Meantime (GMT – from the Greenwich Meridian line where the sun is above at 12 noon). But accounts for the natural slowing … Continue reading

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Selecting a NTP Time Server

In selecting a NTP time server the things to think about  are where the device will be located and which timing reference would be most suitable for the applications it is required for. There are benefits and drawbacks to both … Continue reading

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Instruments of Precision

Time synchronisation in the modern age is highly precise. Modern atomic clocks can keep time so accurately that in 100 million years these timekeeping devices will not lose even a second. Bit is this sort of accuracy necessary in the … Continue reading

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GPS Time Server – How they work

GPS time servers are often called many things: NTP time servers, GPS network time servers, GPS NTP servers etc. A time server is merely a device to that computer’s can contact to receive timing information from for purposes of time … Continue reading

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NTP – Understanding Computer Timestamps

The way a computer deals with time is totally different to the ways humans perceive it. We arrange time into seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months and years, while computers on the other hand arrange time as a single number … Continue reading

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