Physical Clock Synchronization — Clock Series

In my last article, we discussed the various types of physical clocks. We discussed the accuracy offered by those clocks, and how UTC time is derived from TAI & UTI. We also discussed the concept of Leap Second, which is applied to UTC to accommodate for irregularities and the long-term slowdown in the Earth’s rotation.

Before going into how leap seconds are applied, let’s talk about NTP!

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Senior Engineer with experience in designing and architecting large scale distributed systems.

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Pratik Pandey

Senior Engineer with experience in designing and architecting large scale distributed systems.