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C# check time on internet with UDP
// https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1193955/how-to-query-an-ntp-server-using-c
public static DateTime GetNetworkTimeUdp()
{
// default Windows time server
const string ntpServer = "time.google.com"; // "time.windows.com" ...
// NTP message size - 16 bytes of the digest (RFC 2030)
var ntpData = new byte[48];
// Setting the Leap Indicator, Version Number and Mode values
ntpData[0] = 0x1B; //LI = 0 (no warning), VN = 3 (IPv4 only), Mode = 3 (Client Mode)
var addresses = Dns.GetHostEntry(ntpServer).AddressList;
// The UDP port number assigned to NTP is 123
var ipEndPoint = new IPEndPoint(addresses[0], 123);
// NTP uses UDP
using (var socket = new Socket(AddressFamily.InterNetwork, SocketType.Dgram, ProtocolType.Udp))
{
socket.Connect(ipEndPoint);
// Stops code hang if NTP is blocked
socket.ReceiveTimeout = 2000;
socket.Send(ntpData);
socket.Receive(ntpData);
socket.Close();
}
// Offset to get to the "Transmit Timestamp" field (time at which the reply
// departed the server for the client, in 64-bit timestamp format."
const byte serverReplyTime = 40;
// Get the seconds part
ulong intPart = BitConverter.ToUInt32(ntpData, serverReplyTime);
// Get the seconds fraction
ulong fractPart = BitConverter.ToUInt32(ntpData, serverReplyTime + 4);
// Convert From big-endian to little-endian
intPart = SwapEndianness(intPart);
fractPart = SwapEndianness(fractPart);
var milliseconds = (intPart * 1000) + ((fractPart * 1000) / 0x100000000L);
// **UTC** time
var networkDateTime = (new DateTime(1900, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc))
.AddMilliseconds((long)milliseconds);
return networkDateTime.ToLocalTime();
}
public static uint SwapEndianness(ulong x)
{
return (uint)(((x & 0x000000ff) << 24) +
((x & 0x0000ff00) << 8) +
((x & 0x00ff0000) >> 8) +
((x & 0xff000000) >> 24));
}
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