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• Figure 55: Arctic's DynDNS settings
14.11. Configuring the NTP settings of the Arctic
The NTP is an abbreviation for Network Time Protocol. It is used for synchronizing the clocks of
computer systems over packet-switched networks.
Note: The Linux systems’ internal clock counts seconds from the epoch time (00:00:00 UTC on
January 1, 1970). Any time/date representation is calculated from Linux internal epoch clock, e.g.
the date command will show a representation, which may be any offset from UTC time. Thus the
time shown by date command may differ from internal clock’s time because of locales/timezones.
NTP provides just the UTC time, and no information about time zones or daylight saving time.
See RFCs 778, 891, 956 and 1305 for more details on NTP.