1) R has no native NTP client
2) outside NTP access is very often blocked on local networks (and local NTP
relay requires configuration for which there is no standard)
3) it is overkill as we don’t need microsecond accuracy so a single HTTP(s)
request is much easier
> On 1/08/2025, at 10:17, Gr
I noticed recently that check --as-cran was hanging and then emitting a
message about not being able to verify the current time. It seems that the
CRAN check code is using some website to get the current clock time and
that that site is currently down. This strikes me as an odd approach to
gettin
