LTP — Local Time Protocol (Port 2)

Network protocol to request and synchronize time across machines.

Explanation

The master server has the correct time and distributes it on request. A slave server can ask the master server for the correct time and will synchronize accordingly. Max request size is 12 bytes.

Types of requests

• DATETIME
• DATE
• TIME
• MONTH
• DAY
• YEAR
• HOUR
• MINUTE
• SECOND
• NANOSECOND

Responses

• DATETIME responds with the date and time. Response:

  07-26-2021 02:09:33:572
  

• DATE responds with the date. Response:

  07-26-2021
  

• TIME responds with the time. Response:

  02:09:33:572
  

• MONTH responds with the time. Response:

  7
  

• DAY responds with the time. Response:

  26
  

• YEAR responds with the time. Response:

  2021
  

• HOUR responds with the time. Response:

  2
  

• MINUTE responds with the time. Response:

  9
  

• SECOND responds with the time. Response:

  33
  

• NANOSECOND responds with the time. Response:

  572