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   From: rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com   
      
   TyBreaker  wrote   
   > Rod Speed   
      
   >> Yes. I'll do some more tests tomorrow to see whether the problem   
   >> is just the difference between the system time and the internet time   
   >> that sees the update ignored. In other words if the amount of time   
   >> update is greater than a particular amount of time, it bins the net   
   >> time.   
      
   >> I know that it does that when the system time is days   
   >> wrong, but in that case it does say that the synch has failed   
   >> and its hard to see why it would do that with just 5 mins.   
      
   > That rings a bell, NTP has a threshold margin.  If within the   
   > threshold, it will slow down/speed up the clock until synch is   
   > achieved but if outside the threshold, it can simply fail but it does   
   > depend on how NTP is implemented from O/S to O/S.   
      
   Thats not how it works, it just changes the time, one jump of time.   
      
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