Public accessible time servers in Canada

sfxpt · 09-05-2008, 09:20 AM

Hi,

I use rdate to sync my PC' time. I'm in Toronto. I used to use time.nrc.ca as my rdate time servers, but recently I can't use it anymore (before that, it was time.chu.nrc.ca).

I know time.nrc.ca is secondary time servers, or maybe third or fours tier. I don't care and I choose it on purpose, because I hope everybody divert their time sync requests evenly across all time servers, not just the source, e.g, ntp.nasa.gov. However, I found that such public servers are becoming less and less. Today, when I check, all published public-accessible time servers in Canada are not working.

time.chu.nrc.ca
time.nrc.ca
ntp1.cmc.ec.gc.ca
ntp.cpsc.ucalgary.ca
timelord.uregina.ca
ntp1.cmc.ec.gc.ca

Anyone can suggest me reliable secondary time servers that are close to Toronto please?

Thanks

sfxpt · 09-05-2008, 09:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sfxpt

Today, when I check, all published public-accessible time servers in Canada are not working.

Or, maybe it is time for me to change my time-syncing tool?

thanks

checkmate3001 · 09-05-2008, 09:46 AM

Look here:
http://www.pool.ntp.org/zone/north-america

These are great places to look for time servers.

I just use the public pool.
pool.ntp.org
for me it is US so it is actually.
0.us.pool.ntp.org
etc....
Yours obviously will be different.

sfxpt · 09-06-2008, 05:01 PM

Thanks for respond, checkmate,

Are you using rdate as well? Strange that I can't connect to either the server you suggested via rdate.

Code:

 rdate -p pool.ntp.org
 rdate -p 0.us.pool.ntp.org

moreover, I couldn't visit the site http://www.pool.ntp.org/zone/north-america,

here is what I get

Code:

Proxy Error

The proxy server received an invalid response from an upstream server.
The proxy server could not handle the request GET /zone/north-america.

Reason: Error reading from remote server

Apache/2.0.55 (Unix) Server at www.pool.ntp.org Port 80

comments?

thanks