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On 14 Sep 2012 03:35:29 GMT, Steven D'Aprano
<steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> declaimed the following in
gmane.comp.python.general:

> 
> On Linux, Unix or Mac, that right way is to use NTP, which will keep your 
> computer's clock syncronised with a trusted external source. In a virtual 
> machine, the right way is to use NTP to syncronise the VM host's time, 
> and then tell the host to synchronise itself with the VM. On Windows, 
> well you'll have to ask a Windows expert.
>
	WinXP -- and I'd presume anything later -- can be configured for NTP
time server; synching tends to be on a weekly basis as I recall. Though
I hadn't checked my system in some time and the configuration may not be
valid after having moved 2000 miles and changed routers...
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