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On Fri, 14 Sep 2012 00:50:03 -0400, Dennis Lee Bieber
<wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> declaimed the following in
gmane.comp.python.general:

> 	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...

	Confusingly:

	If the system is part of Windows "domain", it synchronizes to a
domain server; otherwise,

	If the system is stand-alone workstation/laptop/etc. with internet
connectivity, it will synchronize (by default) to a Microsoft time
server, but can be switched to other servers. Opening the clock (from
the taskbar) should show an "internet time" tab which (admin) can be set
to the server, set for automatic sync, and forced to update.

	The confusion: my old WinXP Inside & Out says only XP Pro has it;
but my XP Home laptop shows it -- perhaps it was an update in one of the
service packs.

	Some documentation implies it uses just SNTP, but other
documentation claims full NTP (depending on OS version)

	NO obvious means to configure w32tm to sync more often than weekly,
it is documented to not be useful for time-critical networks -- it
exists to permit Kerberos to function.
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	Wulfraed                 Dennis Lee Bieber         AF6VN
        wlfraed@ix.netcom.com    HTTP://wlfraed.home.netcom.com/

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datetime Max <readmax@hushmail.com> - 2012-09-13 15:19 +0000
  Re: datetime Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-09-14 03:35 +0000
    Re: datetime Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2012-09-14 00:50 -0400
    Re: datetime Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2012-09-14 02:37 -0400

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