Question

i want to get time and date from internet

i used following code

IdDayTime1.ReadTimeout := 5000;
IdDayTime1.Host := 'www.time.windows.com';
IdDayTime1.Port := 37     ;
Label1.Caption := IdDayTime1.DayTimeStr;

but i get : socket error # 11004

whats is this and what did i do wrong

my internet and other things are ok

Answer 1

DayTime protocol is not the NTP protocol. DayTime uses port 13, not 37. 37 is used by the Time protocol, which, again, in not the NTP protocol, which uses 123 (UDP). I do not know if time.windows.com supports the DayTime and Time protocols, the most common used protocols to get time from a reliable time source nowadays is NTP, and its simpler sibling SNTP, which superseded both DayTime and Time protocols.