geting the time from a remote computer

[kpop]

"Paul Rubin" <http://phr.cx@NOSPAM.invalid> wrote in message
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> "kpop" <snag at jool.po> writes:
> > The problem is how do i get the time froma a computer on the internet.
> > Perhaps theres a way in one of the modules for ftp, or one of the other
> > internet related ones .
> > Can anyone tell me a way to do this .
>
> There's an example of a simple SNTP client in the Python cookbook.
> I wrote a Linux clock-setting script around it:
>
>    http://www.nightsong.com/phr/python/setclock.py
>
> Maybe you can adapt that for Windows.

thanks thats just what i needed