[manpage_begin ntp_time n 1.2.1]
[copyright {2002, Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net>}]
[moddesc   {Network Time Facilities}]
[titledesc {Tcl Time Service Client}]
[category  Networking]
[require Tcl 8.0]
[require time [opt 1.2.1]]
[description]
[para]

This package implements a client for the RFC 868 TIME protocol
([uri http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc868.txt]) and also a minimal
client for the RFC 2030 Simple Network Time Protocol 
([uri http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2030.txt]).

RFC 868 returns the time in seconds since 1 January 1900
to either tcp or udp clients. RFC 2030 also gives this time but also
provides a fractional part which is not used in this client.

[section COMMANDS]

[list_begin definitions]

[call [cmd ::time::gettime] [opt [arg "options"]] [arg timeserver] [opt [arg "port"]]]

Get the time from [arg timeserver]. You may specify any of the options
listed for the [cmd configure] command here. This command returns a
token which must then be used with the remaining commands in this
package. Once you have finished, you should use [cmd cleanup] to
release all resources. The default port is [const 37].

[call [cmd ::time::getsntp] [opt [arg "options"]] [arg timeserver] [opt [arg "port"]]]

Get the time from an SNTP server. This accepts exactly the same
arguments as [cmd ::time::gettime] except that the default port is 
[const 123]. The result is a token as per [cmd ::time::gettime] and
should be handled in the same way.
[para]
Note that it is unlikely that any SNTP server will reply using tcp so
you will require the [package tcludp] or the [package ceptcl]
package. If a suitable package can be loaded then the udp protocol
will be used by default.

[call [cmd ::time::configure] [opt [arg "options"]]]

Called with no arguments this command returns all the current
configuration options and values. Otherwise it should be called with
pairs of option name and value.

[list_begin definitions]
[def "[cmd -protocol] [arg number]"]
  Set the default network protocol. This defaults to udp if the tcludp
  package is available. Otherwise it will use tcp.
[def "[cmd -port] [arg number]"]
  Set the default port to use. RFC 868 uses port [const 37], RFC 2030 uses
port [const 123].
[def "[cmd -timeout] [arg number]"]
  Set the default timeout value in milliseconds. The default is 10 seconds.
[def "[cmd -command] [arg number]"]
  Set a command procedure to be run when a reply is received. The
  procedure is called with the time token appended to the argument list.
[def "[cmd -loglevel] [arg number]"]
  Set the logging level. The default is 'warning'.
[list_end]

[call [cmd ::time::cget] [arg name]]

Get the current value for the named configuration option.

[call [cmd ::time::unixtime] [arg token]]
  Format the returned time for the unix epoch. RFC 868 time defines
  time 0 as 1 Jan 1900, while unix time defines time 0 as 1 Jan
  1970. This command converts the reply to unix time.

[call [cmd ::time::status] [arg token]]
  Returns the status flag. For a successfully completed query this will be
  [emph ok]. May be [emph error] or [emph timeout] or [emph eof].
  See also [cmd ::time::error]

[call [cmd ::time::error] [arg token]]
  Returns the error message provided for requests whose status is [emph error].
  If there is no error message then an empty string is returned.

[call [cmd ::time::reset] [arg token] [arg [opt reason]]]
  Reset or cancel the query optionally specfying the reason to record
  for the [cmd error] command.

[call [cmd ::time::wait] [arg token]]
  Wait for a query to complete and return the status upon completion.

[call [cmd ::time::cleanup] [arg token]]
  Remove all state variables associated with the request.

[list_end]


[example {
% set tok [::time::gettime ntp2a.mcc.ac.uk]
% set t [::time::unixtime $tok]
% ::time::cleanup $tok
}]

[example {
% set tok [::time::getsntp pool.ntp.org]
% set t [::time::unixtime $tok]
% ::time::cleanup $tok
}]

[example {
proc on_time {token} {
   if {[time::status $token] eq "ok"} {
      puts [clock format [time::unixtime $token]]
   } else {
      puts [time::error $token]
   }
   time::cleanup $token
}
time::getsntp -command on_time pool.ntp.org
}]

[see_also ntp]
[section AUTHORS]
Pat Thoyts

[section {BUGS, IDEAS, FEEDBACK}]

This document, and the package it describes, will undoubtedly contain
bugs and other problems.

Please report such in the category [emph ntp] of the
[uri {http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=12883} {Tcllib SF Trackers}].

Please also report any ideas for enhancements you may have for either
package and/or documentation.


[keywords time NTP {rfc 868} SNTP {rfc 2030}]
[manpage_end]
