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I have a Windows 7 computer that communicates with Amazon Web Servers (S3, SES). This server uses windows internet time for clock synchronization time.windows.com. On my linux machines I ran into clock drifting issues that caused S3 URLs to expire sooner than they should and kept SES from sending emails. I fixed this by installing and running ntpd

Questions:

  • Does Windows internet time settings operate over NTP?
  • Will I run into clock drifting issues by using it?
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Does Windows internet time settings operate over NTP?

Yes.

Will I run into clock drifting issues by using it?

Assuming you're using a stable time source and you have things configured correctly, no, this should prevent drift.

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  • It defaults to `time.windows.com` Will this work? Everything is UTC time so I'm not worried about timezone issues. – The Internet Jun 20 '14 at 20:15
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    It is generally advised to add at least 3 NTP servers as time sources. Find a couple more from the public [NTP pool](http://www.pool.ntp.org/en/). – EEAA Jun 20 '14 at 20:17