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Get time/date from server (NT)
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There are a couple of ways:
1) Make a SQL call like: SELECT GETDATE() if the server has a database server on it.
2) Use Active Directory with Windows 2000 Server and Professional to syncronize the clocks on the two computers.
3) Download a time server client from somewhere like the US Naval Observatory (
4) Write a 1-byte file to a shared folder and then read that directory to see what time it was created.
And for those who like a challenge:
5) Write a DCOM component on the server that clients can call.
6) Write a COM+/MTS component on the server that clients can call.
7) Write a custom Winsock program to return the correct time in a format the client understands.
8) Write an ISAPI filter for IIS that will return the current time
Chip H.
There are a couple of ways:
1) Make a SQL call like: SELECT GETDATE() if the server has a database server on it.
2) Use Active Directory with Windows 2000 Server and Professional to syncronize the clocks on the two computers.
3) Download a time server client from somewhere like the US Naval Observatory (
4) Write a 1-byte file to a shared folder and then read that directory to see what time it was created.
And for those who like a challenge:
5) Write a DCOM component on the server that clients can call.
6) Write a COM+/MTS component on the server that clients can call.
7) Write a custom Winsock program to return the correct time in a format the client understands.
8) Write an ISAPI filter for IIS that will return the current time
Chip H.
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