[MacPerl] NTP server connections

[Erryn Duncan <errynd@dlux.net>]

Has anyone tried to write a MacPerl script to connect to an NTP server, get
the timestamp, and convert the 64 bit unsigned integer to text?

The rfc2030 states:

>   Since NTP timestamps are cherished data and, in fact, represent the
>   main product of the protocol, a special timestamp format has been
>   established. NTP timestamps are represented as a 64-bit unsigned
>   fixed-point number, in seconds relative to 0h on 1 January 1900. The
>   integer part is in the first 32 bits and the fraction part in the
>   last 32 bits. In the fraction part, the non-significant low order can
>   be set to 0.

What packages do I need?  Does anyone have an approach to this problem?

--Erryn



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