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Zend_TimeSync is able to receive internet or network time from a timeserver using the NTP or SNTP protocol. With Zend_TimeSync a page/script is able to act indepentendly from the timesettings of the server the script is running.
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Server's time |
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Zend_TimeSync is not able to change the server's time, but it will return a date object from which the difference to the servers time can be worked with. |
The Network Time Protocol (NTP) is a protocol for synchronizing the clocks of computer systems over packet-switched, variable-latency data networks. NTP uses UDP port 123 as its transport layer.