Time Reference

Articles and how-to guides related to time synchronisation, NTP and time servers.

History of Timekeeping

• What is Time? - How Time is an abstract concept. How we cannot necessarily see it, or touch it or change it.
• Calendars time measurement - Article on Calendars and the Measurement of Time.
• Cuckoo Clocks to NTP Servers: - Article on Cuckoo Clocks to Ntp Servers: Accuracy in Timekeeping.
• Technology and the Importance of Time - Article on the technology and the importance of time.
• Lost Eleven Days - Article on the how time is based on around the movement of the Earth.
• History of Horology: Sundials to Atomic Clocks - The history of Horology: From sundials to Atomic Clocks.

Development of Atomic Clocks and Timescales

• Atomic Clocks: History and Development - Article about Atomic clocks history and continuing development.
• Atomic Clocks and NTP Servers - Article about Atomic clocks and there use with NTP Servers.
• Hang on a Second: History of the Leap Second - Article on how we obtain leap seconds.
• UTC - Keeping global time - Article about UTC and how it is used globally to keep time.
• The Development of Time Scales From GMT to UTC - Article about GMT UTC and its Development.

Basic NTP

• NTP guide -A Guide to NTP and Computer Network Time Synchronisation.
• NTP: Accurate Network Time Synchronisation -A Guide to NTP and accurate Network Time Synchronisation.
• What is NTP? - A introduction to NTP and how it is used to help create Network time sycnhronisation.
• The Importance of Time Synchronisation in Criminal Cases - A Article on how Time synchronisation is used for criminal cases.
• Explaining NTP and Network Time Synchronisation - A Article explaining NTP and Network time synchronisation.
• NTP need for accurate time - A Article on why NTP is needed for accurate time.
• Time Synchronisation with NTP - A Article about how NTP can be used for time synchronisation.

NTP Time Servers

• How NTP works - A Guide to how NTP Works.
• Basics of ntp server - A guide to the basics of a NTP server.
• How to Install and Configure a NTP Server -A guide to Install and configure a NTP server.
• NTP Security: Authentication and Trusted Time References -A Article about NTP Security, authenication and trusted time references.
• NTP the Importance of External Time Reference -A Article about NTP and the importance of it as a external time reference.
• Soloutions for the misuse and abuse of NTP Servers -A Article about the soloutions to misuse and abuse of NTP Servers.
• Telling the Time in a Global Economy - Benefits of a NTP Server - Article about the benefits of a NTP server being used in the global economy.

GPS and NTP

• Use of GPS for Computer Timing Applications - Article about the use of GPS for Computer time accuracy.
• Galileo: an End to GPS Time Signal and Positioning Domination - Article about how Galileo could singal the end of GPS domination.
• Choosing GPS or MSF as a Timing Reference for NTP Servers - Article about choosing whether GPS or MSF for your time server.
• GPS - Time Keeping in the Satellite Age - Article about GPS and how its used in todays age of satellites.
• Installing a NTP Server using a Radio Reference Source - Article about installing a NTP server and using a radio reference source to do help do it.
• Installing a Dedicated NTP GPS Time Server - Article on how to install a NTP GPS time Server.

NTP and Windows

• Windows Time Server: Synchronising Your Network With NTP - Article about Synchronising your Windows Time server with NTP.