Re: [Dovecot] Return error instead of dying on time back skip?

On Fri, 11 May 2007 14:50:54 +0300 Timo Sirainen <tss@iki.fi> wrote:

The code already allows the clock to move backwards by 5 seconds without dying, so how horrible are the clocks in those computers? :)

Clock drift of about 13 seconds/day (150 PPM) is (unfortunately) not uncommon, and 4-6 seconds/day (50-75 PPM) is about the norm for PC hardware in my experience.

Of course, this is exactly the reason why you should run ntpd instead of ntpdate on a cron job (especially a once-per-day cron job...)

-- Ben Winslow <rain@bluecherry.net>