On 11/03/2013, at 10:47 AM, Jay Daley
- Currently each server independently takes its reference time from differential GPS, which is very slightly different from official NZ time. We spoken to the people from IRL responsible for official NZ time and we have agreed a long term plan that will see the differences between GPS and NZ time sent directly to our servers from the IRL atomic clocks, which will condition our servers very close to official NZ time.
Does this mean that these NTP servers won't serve up UTC, but rather UTC +/- some delta so that when offset by 12/13 hours it is in line with NZT? If so, is that commonly done elsewhere? What's the offset likely to be?
We hardly ever get any feedback on this service and so assume it is working fine, but now's your chance to tell us what you think or if there is anything more we could be doing to make this service more beneficial.
They work well for me in their current state, and I appreciate the service. I generally use these plus some pool.ntp.org servers to ensure accurate time when there's a failure/maintenance on one of your clocks.