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public time server

In our opinion you need a dedicated time server for reliable and secure time synchronization in your company's network, but for single place computers or little networks public time servers may be sufficient. Here are a few links to public time server lists. You can use the Pool of NTP Servers to find time servers. [Quote from the pool site:]The pool.ntp.org project is a big virtual cluster of timeservers striving to provide reliable easy to use NTP service for millions of clients without putting a strain on the big popular timeservers.[/quote] You shouldn't use pool.ntp.org directly, it is better to find time servers near you to avoid network latencies. Here you find the pool servers by region:

If there are not enough time servers in your country's category, simply use the higher region pool. If you need additional public time servers, you will find a lot of them at ntp.org. Here are a few Links:

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