What is dangerous about the "now" parameter?  We have been talking to HP
about changing our method of updating the time (we currently reply "N" to
the data time prompt when booting).  HP faxed us a solution which includes
the use of the "now" parameter.

Mark Bixby <[log in to unmask]> wrote in message
news:8tqbn702vo3@enews3.newsguy.com...
> Jeff Mikolai wrote:
> >
> > Correct. It was doing a gradual correction. How do I make it initiate
the
> > correction immediately?
>
> :SETCLOCK ;NOW is an *extremely* dangerous thing that XNTP/iX
intentionally
> does not
> use.  All time corrections performed by XNTP/iX are gradual.
>
> Once that first big correction completes, you won't even notice further
> corrections that you do because they'll be so small if you do them
regularly.
>
> - Mark B.
>