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This from Dave Mills pages on public NTP servers:
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83.y2k-test.timefreq.bldrdoc.gov (132.163.135.136)
Location: NIST Boulder Laboratories, Boulder, Colorado
Synchronization: ACTS dial-up using modified lockclock algorithm, DEC Alpha/UNIX
Service Area: All areas
Access Policy: Open access.
This server will transmit time packets that are fast by exactly 2 years (63158400 seconds). It is intended to help users test the y2k
performance of their systems. The advance is set so that the year is 2 years in the future but the remainder of the time is correct. Thus the
message transmitted at any time on 1 November 1998 will have a time corresponding the same time of day on 1 November 2000, etc. It will
operate from Mid-October 1998 through the end of 1999. Contact: Judah Levine ([email protected]) 303 492 7785
Note: This system is intended for test purposes only and it should be used with care. Although NTP itself should not have a problem handling
dates in the year 2000, many host operating systems cannot do so, and system crashes or data corruption are possible if the date is set using
this test facility.
--bill
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