I am making a distributed java app for which I need both parts of the app to run on one standard time. Since system times can be different I was thinking if java API contains some class to download time from a standard online source?
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I am making a distributed java app for which I need both parts of the app to run on one standard time. Since system times can be different I was thinking if java API contains some class to download time from a standard online source?
You need to use the NTP (Network Time Protocol):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_Time_Protocol
The following link contains some reference Java NTP Client code for interacting with an NTP server:
http://psp2.ntp.org/bin/view/Support/JavaSntpClient