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How does Pi keep track of time interval?
As I understand RTC is needed to keep track of time. However, Raspberry Pi does not have that and use NTP servers to synchronize its time.
All that is fine, but how does Pi know that one millisecond ...
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Where does the Raspberry Pi get the time from?
I don't have to set the clock (besides the timezone) on the Raspberry Pi. Where is it getting the time from? About how accurate is it?
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How is time kept on the RPi?
Can anyone explain to me how time is kept on an RPi with the latest Raspian release? What sets the internal clock from an NTP server? What happens when no NTP server is availible?
From my program I ...
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How accurate is Raspberry Pi's timekeeping?
I realize that since Raspberry Pi doesn't have a real-time clock built in, some issues with accurate timekeeping may present themselves, even when persistence across reboots is not a requirement. This ...
