Network Time Protocol

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Tue 26 Jul 2022

Network Time Protocol

NIST contemplated pulling the pin on NTP servers after blackout caused atomic clock drift

UPDATED Time signals shifted by a tiny amount that only very sensitive users would find upsetting

Security21 Dec 2025 | 87

Techie fooled a panicked daemon and manipulated time itself to get servers in sync

On Call Network Time Protocol sometimes needs help from a temporal cops

Columnists29 Aug 2025 | 134

David Mills, the internet's Father Time, dies at 85

Obituary Creator of the Network Time Protocol that holds the internet together

Networks23 Jan 2024 | 36

Lebanon's IT folks face double trouble as leaders delayed Daylight Savings Time

Planes are taking off before check in time, healthcare and finance sectors also in a mess

Software28 Mar 2023 | 13

Time Lords decree an end to leap seconds before risky attempt to reverse time

Remember that one time the Linux kernel couldn't cope for a moment? That sort of thing should be behind us now

Software22 Nov 2022 | 176

Meta proposes doing away with leap seconds

Are you not enough of a time thief already, Zuckerberg?

Off-Prem26 Jul 2022 | 115

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