Automated, accurate time synchronization with the national time standards for computers running NEXTSTEP.
All computer clocks drift, so updating your computer's system time is a task that must be performed on a regular basis. Not only is this task a tedious procedure, it is one that is very easy to forget. TimeSync helps you automate this process by using a 1200 Baud Hayes compatible MODEM to call the time services provided by the U.S. Naval Observatory and the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Once installed, TimeSync automatically calls and adjusts the computer clock for you. You will never have to worry about clock inaccuracies again. TimeSync messages your e-mail system to let you know it is still working.
TimeSync can also calculate and apply a daily drift factor. Over time you can reduce the frequency of calls to NIST or USNO without sacrificing clock accuracy.
If you depend on schedules and/or timed executions of computer tasks, put TimeSync to work for you.
This is the MAB demo version of TimeSync. TimeSync will call NIST or USNO and tell you how far off your clock is, but will NOT adjust your clock. The -c option is enabled so you can use this program to adjust your system clock each day by a few seconds.
For example, if you think that your clock is fast by 3.5 seconds a day.
at 6:05am each day your system will slowly lose 3.5 seconds.
The fully enabled version of TimeSync will use the time services to calculate the drift and over the next few weeks adjust the daily drift to "tune" your clocks closer to correct.
