Steve Kostecke wrote: >> Is it set when a sync is requested or received? > > It displays the number of seconds since ntpd last RECEIVED an answer to > a POLL. It has nothing to do with synchronization.
Actually, it can get a little more complicated than that. First, remember that although when is printed as an interval, it is the interval since the REC timestamp for that association and the current system time, so it can be affected by clock steps in the intervening time. Also, it is only the REC timestamp if the REC timestamp is not zero. Recall that after a certain period of time of non-response, the polling data for an association is cleared. When that happens, the REFTIME for the association is used instead. And the REFTIME can be very nearly the same as the last REC time, or it could be wildly different. Brian Utterback _______________________________________________ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
