Dimension 4 computer time synchronizer

[Wallace]

Dimension 4 v5 is a very good free computer time synchronizer, vg because it synchronizes
to .000 of a second and because you can open a visual display of the synchronization history
and see the adjustments Dimension 4 has made based on the sync period you use - see attached
- sync period set to 5min - setting allows for seconds, minutes, hours ~ http://thinkman.com/

 

[rwk]

I used D4 (don't recall which version) until I discovered nistime. Nistime is also free and it comes with source code.
http://tf.nist.gov/service/its.htm

 

[vladisld]

"D4 can act as a time server of its own for D4 running on other machines"

This particular feature could be very helpfull if you need to syncronize all machines in your network, especially if you are using simple grid systems ( like Quartz for example ) which lack such functionality build in.

Thanks.

 

[maxpi]

Do these services compensate for internet latency?

 

[jprad]

Quote from rwk:

I used D4 (don't recall which version) until I discovered nistime. Nistime is also free and it comes with source code.
http://tf.nist.gov/service/its.htm

Exactly, NTP is more than sufficient, especially when you're synch'ing to the NIST servers.

 

[jprad]

Quote from maxpi:

Do these services compensate for internet latency?

NTP certainly does.