RFC 1305: Network Time Protocol (Version 3) Specification, Implementation and Analysis
This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 5905.
Current document in this lineage: RFC 5905 — Network Time Protocol Version 4: Protocol and Algorithms Specification
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
This document describes the Network Time Protocol (NTP), specifies its formal structure and summarizes information useful for its implementation.
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC1305
- Published
- March 1992
- Authors
- D. Mills
- Status
- HISTORIC
- Stream
- Legacy
- Area
- —
- Pages
- 109
- Also known as
- —
- Obsoleted by:
- RFC 5905
Topics
Standards lineage
This document is one revision in a chain of 9 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.
- RFC 958 (1985)
- RFC 1059 (1988)
- RFC 1119 (1989)
- RFC 1305 (1992)
- RFC 1361 (1992)
- RFC 1769 (1995)
- RFC 2030 (1996)
- RFC 4330 (2006)
- RFC 5905 (2010) ✓
Read the full history of Network Time Protocol Version 4: Protocol and Algorithms Specification →
Referenced by
One later RFC formally updates or obsoletes part of this document.
Related documents
Ranked automatically by shared keywords, IETF area and stream — not by editorial selection.
- RFC 9249A YANG Data Model for NTPCurrent
July 2022
- RFC 1361Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP)Obsoleted
August 1992
- RFC 1129Internet Time Synchronization: The Network Time ProtocolCurrent
October 1989
- RFC 1589A Kernel Model for Precision TimekeepingCurrent
March 1994
- RFC 1769Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP)Obsoleted
March 1995
- RFC 2030Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP) Version 4 for IPv4, IPv6 and OSIObsoleted
October 1996
- RFC 2783Pulse-Per-Second API for UNIX-like Operating Systems, Version 1.0Current
March 2000
- RFC 4330Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP) Version 4 for IPv4, IPv6 and OSIObsoleted
January 2006
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