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On Mac OS X (such as 10.8 thru 10.11) is there a bundled command-line tool to ask a specific remote NTP time server for the current date-time?

I found ntpdc but this queries the ntpd utility which I assume means going through my already-defined NTP servers. I want to make a call outside of my pre-defined NTP servers.

Like this imaginary line where -s means server-address:

ntpclient -s time.euro.apple.com current
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You can use sntp as standard query tool for either NTP or SNTP servers. You may get, set or adjust the time on your host with it.

E.g.

sntp time.euro.apple.com

shows the time

sntp -d time.euro.apple.com

shows a more verbose response including the current time.

Check man sntp or in the shell man sntp for more options.

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  • Link to manpage is 404 now
    – deed02392
    Apr 23, 2020 at 15:14

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