I have discovered that I can run "ntpq -p" on a command line and I may get an outcome similar to this:
[imacg5:~] chris% ntpq -p
remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset jitter
==============================================================================
time2.apple.com a17-106-100-13. 2 u 1563 68m 1 89.775 -0.729 0.008
[imacg5:~] chris%
On my machine, I do not seem to have the '*' in the first column indicating "happiness" on the part of ntpq. A Unix box at work, being fed by GPS and other peers, always has a * next to one of the entries. man ntpq indicates that ' ' in first column means, and I quote:
space (reject) The peer is discarded as unreachable, synchronized to this server (synch loop) or
outrageous synchronization distance.
Questions:
1) Should I expect a * if all is well and time is synched properly?
2) Is this as good a way as any to determine whether a host machine is legitimately holding the right time?
3) What might I do on my own machine to achieve '*' status? ;-)
Any help or thoughts are appreciated.
TIA, Chris
ALSO, is there a mirror for this list as there is for cocoa-dev?