Task – show clock that is synchronized with some internet time server.
In this part I’ll just try to get UTC time from the server and in Part 2 I’ll use this code to create simple clock.
Some search pointed me to the http://tf.nist.gov/tf-cgi/servers.cgi page. It contains list of servers placed in US which provide UTC time on demand. Another page from that site (http://www.nist.gov/pml/div688/grp40/its.cfm) gives information about supported protocols. One of the is Network Time Protocol (RFC-1305) and another one is Daytime Protocol (RFC-867). Network Time Protocol (NTP) is a little bit more complicated and it provides more features. Daytime Protocol is simpler, but it should be just enough for this task.
In this part I’ll just try to get UTC time from the server and in Part 2 I’ll use this code to create simple clock.
Some search pointed me to the http://tf.nist.gov/tf-cgi/servers.cgi page. It contains list of servers placed in US which provide UTC time on demand. Another page from that site (http://www.nist.gov/pml/div688/grp40/its.cfm) gives information about supported protocols. One of the is Network Time Protocol (RFC-1305) and another one is Daytime Protocol (RFC-867). Network Time Protocol (NTP) is a little bit more complicated and it provides more features. Daytime Protocol is simpler, but it should be just enough for this task.
