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Automachron (pron. aw-TOM-a-cron) is an updated version of Netdate.  Automachron supports SNTP as well as TIME for synchronising time over the network.  Automachron is much less intrusive than Netdate.  Ask your own ISP or SysAdmin if they have a local NTP server or check out these Public NTP Servers.

Download the Automachron beta 2

Changes are now documented.

Features

• Wait for dialup connection
  • Synchronisation is not attempted with this option until a connection is made
• Startup shortcut
  • Run Automachron automatically at startup
• Log
  • Log to file
  • Verbose log option
  • View log
• Sync at startup
  • Synchronises time when Automachron starts unless the wait for dialup connection option is selected
• Close after Sync
  • When this option is set Automachron gets the time and closes immediately after setting the local time.  Note that if this option is set the only way to turn the option off is to hold down the Ctrl key when the program is starting.
• Sync every x seconds
  • minimum of every 16 seconds
  • maximum of every 127 years
  • most will use a value somewhere between these extremes <grin>
• SNTP versions 1,2,3,4
  • SNTP version 2 is the default
• TIME/UDP
• TIME/TCP (not implemented)
• Quiet
  • Don't open the Automachron properties dialog box when the program starts
• On Top
  • Set the Automachron dialog box on top of all other apps
• Report Only
  • Don't set the time, just get it

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