Posted by Gordon Burditt on 06/24/07 19:59

>>> So they have to be adjusted. And even though NTP tries to speed up and
>>> slow the clock - it's not perfect. And at times the clock WILL jump
>>> forwards or backwards at least one second.
>>
>> My documentation for NTP proper says it won't do this.
>>
>> What kind of events are you speaking of that might cause discontinuities?
>>
>
>It depends on a lot of things. Many systems do not have the necessary
>hardware adjust clock speed. So just like any clock, if it's running
>fast, it must be set back sooner or later.

You can also correct the conversion of the clock (which on many
systems is simply a counter driven by a reference frequency) to a
time. The reference frequency then becomes a variable.

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