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Re: Getting the Date and Time From a Time Server

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• Subject: [mg120871] Re: Getting the Date and Time From a Time Server
• From: Gregory Lypny <gregory.lypny at videotron.ca>
• Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 08:12:00 -0400 (EDT)
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Hi Bobby,

Thanks for responding, but I think DateList[] and Date[] retrieve the 
date and time set on your computer.  If a computer's date and time are 
not updated by or synced to a time server, they will be off.  I'm 
hoping to use Import[] and URL to grab the date and time from an 
official time server.  The reason I would use this is from Mathematica 
documents that I share with collaborators and grad students who would 
use them to export time-sensitive data.  I want the data to be date- and 
time-stamped, and I cannot count on their computer clocks being 
accurate.

Regards,

Gregory


On Sat, Aug 13, 2011, at 1:04 PM, DrMajorBob wrote:

> Date[]
>
> Bobby
>
> On Sat, 13 Aug 2011 05:47:14 -0500, Gregory Lypny 
<gregory.lypny at videotron.ca> wrote:
>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> Is there a way to use the Import function to grab the current date 
and time from a time server on the Internet?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Gregory
>>
>>
>>
>

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    • From: Gregory Lypny <gregory.lypny@videotron.ca>