From 4bfd864f10b68b71482b35c818559068ef8d5797 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Voss Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2024 20:54:24 +0100 Subject: doc: Add RFC documents --- doc/rfc/rfc868.txt | 116 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 116 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/rfc/rfc868.txt (limited to 'doc/rfc/rfc868.txt') diff --git a/doc/rfc/rfc868.txt b/doc/rfc/rfc868.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c931011 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/rfc/rfc868.txt @@ -0,0 +1,116 @@ + +Network Working Group J. Postel - ISI +Request for Comments: 868 K. Harrenstien - SRI + May 1983 + + + + Time Protocol + + + + +This RFC specifies a standard for the ARPA Internet community. Hosts on +the ARPA Internet that choose to implement a Time Protocol are expected +to adopt and implement this standard. + +This protocol provides a site-independent, machine readable date and +time. The Time service sends back to the originating source the time in +seconds since midnight on January first 1900. + +One motivation arises from the fact that not all systems have a +date/time clock, and all are subject to occasional human or machine +error. The use of time-servers makes it possible to quickly confirm or +correct a system's idea of the time, by making a brief poll of several +independent sites on the network. + +This protocol may be used either above the Transmission Control Protocol +(TCP) or above the User Datagram Protocol (UDP). + +When used via TCP the time service works as follows: + + S: Listen on port 37 (45 octal). + + U: Connect to port 37. + + S: Send the time as a 32 bit binary number. + + U: Receive the time. + + U: Close the connection. + + S: Close the connection. + + The server listens for a connection on port 37. When the connection + is established, the server returns a 32-bit time value and closes the + connection. If the server is unable to determine the time at its + site, it should either refuse the connection or close it without + sending anything. + + + + + + + +Postel [Page 1] + + + +RFC 868 May 1983 +Time Protocol + + +When used via UDP the time service works as follows: + + S: Listen on port 37 (45 octal). + + U: Send an empty datagram to port 37. + + S: Receive the empty datagram. + + S: Send a datagram containing the time as a 32 bit binary number. + + U: Receive the time datagram. + + The server listens for a datagram on port 37. When a datagram + arrives, the server returns a datagram containing the 32-bit time + value. If the server is unable to determine the time at its site, it + should discard the arriving datagram and make no reply. + +The Time + +The time is the number of seconds since 00:00 (midnight) 1 January 1900 +GMT, such that the time 1 is 12:00:01 am on 1 January 1900 GMT; this +base will serve until the year 2036. + +For example: + + the time 2,208,988,800 corresponds to 00:00 1 Jan 1970 GMT, + + 2,398,291,200 corresponds to 00:00 1 Jan 1976 GMT, + + 2,524,521,600 corresponds to 00:00 1 Jan 1980 GMT, + + 2,629,584,000 corresponds to 00:00 1 May 1983 GMT, + + and -1,297,728,000 corresponds to 00:00 17 Nov 1858 GMT. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +Postel [Page 2] + + -- cgit v1.2.3