| | RFC 738 (rfc738) - Time server (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | NWG/RFC# 738 KLH 31 Oct 77 42218 Network Working Group K. Harrenstien Request for Comments: 738 SRI-KL NIC: 42218 31 October 1977 Time Server This note describes the Time Server protocol, as currently implemented on ITS hosts (i.e. |
 | | The idea is to provide a site-independent, machine readable date and time in as efficient and swift a manner as possible; its motivation arises from the fact that not all systems have a date/time clock, and all are subject to occasional human or machine error. |
 | | As a further example, the most recent leap year as of this writing began from the time 2,398,291,200 which corresponds to 0000 1 Jan 1976 GMT. |
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