The clock in your Windows computer can be configured to sync with an Internet time server, which can be useful as it ensures your clock stays accurate. In cases where your date or time keeps ...

David L. Mills, a computer scientist who invented the system that allows connected computers to sync their clocks, a bedrock technology relied on by the entire modern internet, died Jan. 17 at his ...

There are a number of reasons a computer can fail to keep good time. It could be the result of Windows failing to connect to its time-sync server, or it could be a dead CMOS battery.

Facebook's own atomic clocks sync with one of these, forming the second layer. These atomic clocks and their brethren make up the internet's primary time-keepers: Stratum-0 devices.

Meta, Microsoft, Google and Amazon agree: Adding an extra second to sync clocks with the Earth's rotation causes more problems than it's worth.

If your company's computer clocks aren't in sync, forensics, backups, and much more can suffer. Simson Garfinkel on getting the time right.