Re: ntpdate issue ....

[Paul Goyette <paul%vps1.whooppee.com@localhost>]

On Sat, 4 Apr 2015, William A. Mahaffey III wrote:

> > Why not just create a custom time-zone with the unusual offset? Then you 
> > wouldn't need any local ntp servers at all.
>
> Hmmmmm .... A *quite* interesting suggestion. Some buddies of mine call my 
> time MST, for Mahaffey Std. Time. Unfortunately I don't know quite how to do 
> that :-/ .... Also, would that require changes on all other boxen as well ? I 
> do need ntpd or timed because I do some light developement w/ code resident 
> on 1 box & compiled under make on others, so I *do* need some sort of time 
> synchronization .... However, I *do* like that idea, any clues for me :-) ? 
> Thanks & TIA ....


man 3 tzset




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