... I though my Mac was maybe a second slow when I first compared, but after watching a while it seemed closer. Certainly better than the 30 seconds w/ the Linux machines. The official time say it is w/in 1/10th of a second of being right. ... Note that the NTP client won't always "jump set" to the correct time. Instead, it sometimes speeds up or slows down the clock by inserting multiple, small adjustments. This helps regular daemon processes work better. So, the "after waiting a while, it seems better" is normal. Check the NTP client documentation for information on how it decides what to do. Craig