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# Simple Rust SNTP client
-------------------------
This crate provides a method for sending requests to NTP servers and process responses,
extracting received timestamp.
Supported SNTP protocol versions:
- [SNTPv4](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4330)
### Documentation
-----------------
https://docs.rs/sntpc
### Installation
----------------
This crate works with Cargo and is on
[crates.io](https://crates.io/crates/sntpc). Add it to your `Cargo.toml`
like so:
```toml
[dependencies]
sntpc = "0.4.0"
```
By calling the `get_time()` method and providing a proper NTP pool or server you
should get a valid synchronization timestamp:
```rust
use std::net::UdpSocket;
use std::time::Duration;
fn main() {
let socket =
UdpSocket::bind("0.0.0.0:0").expect("Unable to crate UDP socket");
socket
.set_read_timeout(Some(Duration::from_secs(2)))
.expect("Unable to set UDP socket read timeout");
let result = sntpc::simple_get_time("time.google.com:123", &socket);
match result {
Ok(time) => {
println!("Got time: {}.{}", time.sec(), sntpc::fraction_to_milliseconds(time.sec_fraction()));
}
Err(err) => println!("Err: {:?}", err),
}
}
```
## `no_std` support
-------------------
Currently, there are basic `no_std` support available, thanks to [`no-std-net`](https://crates.io/crates/no-std-net)
crate. There is an example available on how to use [`smoltcp`][smoltcp] stack and that should provide
general idea on how to bootstrap `no_std` networking and timestamping tools for `sntpc` library usage
## `async` support
-------------------
Feature `async_tokio` allows to use crate together with [tokio](https://docs.rs/tokio/latest/tokio/).
Example available in the [repository](https://github.com/vpetrigo/sntpc).
There is also `no_std` support with feature `async`, but it requires Rust >= `1.75-nightly` version.
The example can be found in [separate repository](https://github.com/vpikulik/sntpc_embassy).
# Examples
----------
You can find several examples that shows how to use the library in details under [examples/] folder.
Currently, there are examples that show:
- usage of SNTP library in `std` environment
- usage of SNTP library with [`smoltcp`][smoltcp] TCP/IP stack. Some `std` dependencies
required only due to smoltcp available interfaces
[smoltcp]: https://github.com/smoltcp-rs/smoltcp
# Contribution
--------------
Contributions are always welcome! If you have an idea, it's best to float it by me before working on it to ensure no
effort is wasted. If there's already an open issue for it, knock yourself out. See the
[**contributing section**](https://github.com/vpetrigo/sntpc/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) for additional details
## Thanks
1. [Frank A. Stevenson](https://github.com/snakehand): for implementing stricter adherence to RFC4330 verification
scheme
2. [Timothy Mertz](https://github.com/mertzt89): for fixing possible overflow in offset calculation
3. [HannesH](https://github.com/HannesGitH): for fixing a typo in the README.md
4. [Richard Penney](https://github.com/rwpenney): for adding two indicators of the NTP server's accuracy into the
`NtpResult` structure
5. [Vitali Pikulik](https://github.com/vpikulik): for adding `async` support
6. [tsingwong](https://github.com/tsingwong): for fixing invalid link in the `README.md`
7. [Robert Bastian](https://github.com/robertbastian): for fixing the overflow issue in the `calculate_offset`
Really appreciate all your efforts! Please [let me know](mailto:vladimir.petrigo@gmail.com) if I forgot someone.
# License
---------
This project is licensed under The 3-Clause BSD License
Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted for inclusion in time by you, as
defined in the 3-Clause BSD license, shall be licensed as above, without any additional terms or
conditions.