ntpclient is a simple NTP client for go. It supports NTP version 4 and SNTP. Note that this client currently does not take network delay into account. This means the time that is received will not be accurate to the nanosecond.
Make sure you have a working Go environment (go 1.1 is required). See the install instructions.
To install ntpclient, run:
$ go get github.com/bt51/ntpclient
Getting the current time from an ntp server is simple.
package main
import (
"fmt"
"github.com/bt51/ntpclient"
)
func main() {
t, err := ntpclient.GetNetworkTime("0.pool.ntp.org", 123)
if err != nil {
fmt.Println(err)
}
fmt.Println(t)
}If the current time was returned from the ntp server, it will be converted to a time.Time type and returned. Note that the time will be in UTC so if you want it to be local, you will have to change the correct timezone.
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