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--- basic-time [2022/01/05 12:37] – created rs232
+++ basic-time [2023/05/24 02:01] (current) – -formatting hogwild
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 ====== Time ======
-The** Time **page displays and allows configuration of various real (clock) time, time zone and (NTP) settings.
+The** **Time page displays and allows configuration of various time, time zone and NTP (Network Time Protocol) settings.
-**Router Time:** displays the router's current real (clock) date, time and time zone, expressed as offset from UTC (Universal Time Coordinated) standard.
+ \\
-**Time Zone: **allows you to select in which time zone your FreshTomato hardware resides, relative to the UTC (Universal Time Coordinated) standard.
+**Router Time:** displays the router's current date, time and time zone. These are expressed as offset from UTC (Universal Time Coordinated) standard.
+**Time Zone: **This allows you to select in which time zone your FreshTomato hardware resides.
 **Auto Daylight Savings Time**
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   * Disabled:   FreshTomato uses Standard time settings.
- \\  {{:time-2.jpg}}
+ \\ \\  {{:time-2.jpg?781x475}}  \\   \\   \\  **Auto Update Time**: This chooses if/how to automatically update system time via synchronization with an NTP server.
- \\  **Auto Update Time**: This chooses if/how to automatically update system time via synchronization with an NTP (Network Time Protocol) server.
   * Never **-**  FreshTomato doesn't synchronize its clock time/date with \\ an NTP Time Server. NTP server names/addresses can still be configured, \\ they just won't be used if //Never// is selected.
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   * Auto Interval **- ** forces FreshTomato to synchronize time with a \\ configured NTP server at a preset interval.
-**NTP Time Server:** Here, choosing the country/continent where your device resides causes FreshTomato to automatically configure appropriate default time server addresses.     If you select **Custom, **3 other fields appear in which you manually enter the domain or IP addresses of 3 valid NTP servers. Note that selecting a geographical area will still retain the NTP server addresses entered into the Custom fields, in case you later select the Custom option.  You can find NTP servers to use here: [[http://support.ntp.org/servers|Public Time Server Lists]] from [[https://www.ntp.org/|ntp.org]] along with in-depth documentation.
+ \\
+**NTP Time Server:** Here, choose the country/continent where your device resides. This will cause FreshTomato to automatically configure appropriate default time server addresses.  **Custom: **If you choose this option, address fields will appear in which you manually enter the domains or IP addresses of 3 NTP servers.
+Note that if you select a geographical area, FreshTomato will still retain the NTP server addresses entered into the Custom fields, in case you later select Custom.
+For a list of NTP servers, see here: [[http://support.ntp.org/servers|Public Time Server Lists]] .
+For detailed technical documentation, see here: [[https://www.ntp.org/|ntp.org]].
+**Enable local NTP server:** Checking this enables FreshTomato's local NTP server, so LAN client devices can synchronize time/date directly with the router/AP.  This option is available only if **Auto Update Time** is set to //Auto interval//.
-**Enable local NTP server:** Checking this enables FreshTomato's local NTP server, so that client devices on the LAN can synchronize time/date directly with the router/AP.  This option is only available if **Auto Update Time** option is set to //Auto interval//.
+  * //Intercept NTP client requests//: Enabling this makes FreshTomato intercept NTP client requests \\ outbound towards the WAN, so its own NTP server provides synchronization.
-  * //Intercept NTP client requests//: Enabling this makes FreshTomato intercept \\ NTP client requests to the WAN, so its own NTP server provides synchronization.
+ \\   \\

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