Is MS time server is off?

[richard]

Try a different server, here's a few;

europe.pool.ntp.org
uk.pool.ntp.org
ntp2d.mcc.ac.uk
time-nw.nist.gov
time-a.nist.gov
time-b.nist.gov
time.nist.gov
time.windows.com

the nist sites have more to do with discussions about time than the actual
time display. For checking time visually, try www.time.gov

 

[richard]

When I installed W7, I selected Microsoft's time server to set my PC's
time. Yet my PC keeps displaying time that is about 2-3 minutes ahead of
the real time. Anybody else has this problem?

www.time.gov

 

[Cameo]

www.time.gov

Nice link, but I was looking for a time server that would keep the PC
clock (as shown om the bottom task bar) accurate.

 

[James Silverton]

the nist sites have more to do with discussions about time than the actual
time display. For checking time visually, try www.time.gov

I don't think that my PC, using pool.ntp.gov, is incorrect this morning
since the time agrees *exactly* with www.time.gov. However, the time
supplied by my Verizon phone is 1 to 2 minutes less than the computer
time. The time provided by my T-Mobile cell phone is slightly (under a
minute) less than the computer time. I think the complaints ought to be
addressed to the phone companies.

How does one get the "real time" anyway unless from www.ntp.gov? I don't
think "atomic" watches receiving the time signal from Fort Collins are
particularly common.

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James Silverton, Potomac

I'm *not* (e-mail address removed)

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

Talking Clock is a free Win7 gadget that will show seconds.
And talking can be shut off.

See: http://www.homecookedgadgets.com/gadgets.php?id=5

Thanks, Crash & Zaidy.

My time gadget also shows seconds, and I see my computer gaining time
slowly, in spite of setting the refresh time to only one hour

Time of fetch the shortwave radio and try one of the alternatives
mentioned in this thread. It's just for fun - it's not that important,
except as a palliative to my OCD tendencies.

 

[J. P. Gilliver (John)]

the nist sites have more to do with discussions about time than the actual
time display. For checking time visually, try www.time.gov

I think you've not quite grasped what Jolly polly was suggesting them
for - time _servers_, not websites.

 

[J. P. Gilliver (John)]

In message <[email protected]>, James Silverton

How does one get the "real time" anyway unless from www.ntp.gov? I
don't think "atomic" watches receiving the time signal from Fort
Collins are particularly common.

The watches less so, but in UK (and thus probably EU),
"radio-controlled" (i. e. get signal from a standard, often Germany)
clocks are common: I have a small battery-powered one in my kitchen (but
I could easily pick it up) that I got from Lidl for 5 or 6 pounds. (I've
seen the watches advertised for around 40 IIRR.)