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cyanydeezlast Monday at 7:43 PM1 replyview on HN

dont most systems that rely on sharp timing simply manage it themselves.


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subscribedlast Monday at 8:02 PM

Yesno.

Sure they have their own time servers fed from the GPS, but they need to be _accurate_ in relation to the world.

But timestamps used by companies forced to use very accurate timing must be synchronised to UTC.