I'd rather use a time server that a lot of people use and is maintained. A private web server's clock depends on ...x for reference?
"Google Public NTP serves leap-smeared time <https://developers.google.com/time/smear>. We use this technology to smoothly handle leap seconds with no disruptive events. We implemented Google Public NTP with our load balancers <https://cloud.google.com/load-balancing/> and our fleet of atomic clocks in data centers around the world. - Configure your network settings to use time.google.com as your NTP server." -- Stephen Barncard - Sebastopol Ca. USA - mixstream.org On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 7:55 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > You could put a little one line CGI on your server that just returns the > time and date. > -- > Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com > HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com > > On September 14, 2018 8:47:51 PM Peter Bogdanoff via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Yes, that’s right. >> >> We had a report of a user setting back his OS date to extend his demo. >> This caused us much consternation, thus the desire for an independent date >> source. >> >> Peter >> >> On Sep 14, 2018, at 5:56 PM, Brian Milby via use-livecode < >>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >>> >>> I think the goal is an independent time (date) source to ensure that the >>> value is correct. I’m curious about the best solution. Probably would >>> involve your own server though. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Brian >>> On Sep 14, 2018, 7:36 PM -0500, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode < >>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>, wrote: >>> >>>> Peter Bogdanoff wrote: >>>> >>>> And… if anyone has a method that doesn’t rely on the user’s local >>>>> date/time I’d like to hear that… >>>>> >>>> >>>> Using "the seconds" returns a value that accounts for local GMT offset. >>>> with the value returned being for GMT. >>>> >>>> So if you get the seconds and then display them on a machine set to a >>>> different time zone, the time zone will be taken into account when using >>>> the convert command to display them in any human-readable format. >>>> >>>> FWIW "the internet date" is similarly useful for converting to other >>>> formats in ways that take local time zone into account. >>>> >>>> AFAIK those are the only two built-in date formats that account for GMT >>>> offset, but I've used both for network services where users trade data >>>> across many time zones and they work quite well. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Richard Gaskin >>>> Fourth World Systems >>>> Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web >>>> ____________________________________________________________________ >>>> ambassa...@fourthworld.com http://www.FourthWorld.com >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> use-livecode mailing list >>>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>>> subscription preferences: >>>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> use-livecode mailing list >>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>> subscription preferences: >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
