How to: Programactically set the computers clock to the official time?

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Steven Van Dyke - 24 Sep 2004 15:49 GMT

My computer seems to loose seconds from day to day so I would like to have
my app download the official time and set my computer's clock. What's the
best way to do this? Is there an official time website that offers a library
for getting the time? Any thoughts?

Steve

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Tim Wilson - 24 Sep 2004 16:19 GMT

You could try NTP.
http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/ntpclient.asp

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> My computer seems to loose seconds from day to day so I would like to have
> my app download the official time and set my computer's clock. What's the
> best way to do this? Is there an official time website that offers a library
> for getting the time? Any thoughts?
>
> Steve

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