TimeSync

TimeSync - windows service for synchronizing system clock from NTP server

Compile and install

Once you have installed all the dependencies, get the code:

git clone https://github.com/freehand-dev/NtpSync.git
cd NtpSync

Then just use:

mkdir "%ProgramData%\FreeHand\TimeSync\bin\"
dotnet restore
dotnet build
dotnet publish --runtime win-x64 --output %ProgramData%\FreeHand\TimeSync\bin\ -p:PublishSingleFile=true -p:PublishTrimmed=true -p:PublishReadyToRun=true .\TimeSync

Install as Windows Service

sc create TimeSyncSvc 
binPath= "%ProgramData%\FreeHand\TimeSync\bin\TimeSync.exe" 
DisplayName= "FreeHand TimeSync" 
start= auto
description= "Service for synchronization system time from remote NTP server"

Configure and start

To start the service, you can use the TimeSync executable as the application or sc start TimeSync as a Windows service. For configuration you can edit a configuration file:

notepad.exe %ProgramData%\FreeHand\TimeSync\TimeSync.conf

The content of the file will be the following one

[Logging:LogLevel]
Default=Information
Microsoft=Information
Microsoft.Hosting.Lifetime=Information
TimeSync.Services.TimeSyncService=Information

[Global]
# SystemClockOffset=<milliseconds>
# Default value is 0
SystemClockOffset=60000

[NtpClient]
# UpdateInterval=<seconds>
# Default value is 300
UpdateInterval=10

#
Peers:0=time.windows.com
Peers:1=time.windows.com

# MaxPosPhaseCorrection=<milliseconds>
# Default value is 5000
MaxPosPhaseCorrection=5000

# MaxNegPhaseCorrection=<milliseconds>
# Default value is 5000
MaxNegPhaseCorrection=5000

# MaxAllowedOffset=<milliseconds>
# Default value is 40
MaxAllowedPhaseOffset=0