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How to get the server's date always ?

Hello Guys,
I have my users who sometimes play around with dates on their PC and post transactions in my system -ERP that is under VFP9

Is there a way I could from a workstation get the server's date/time ?
so I can timestamp the transactions Vs the workstation date/time ?

I can not and do not want to prevent the users from changing the date on their pc.
I am okay with that and it is to happen.
all I need is a way , a command to be able to get the server's date/time regardless of my workstation's date/time.
thanks a lot.

Lee W, MVP

NET TIME \\SERVERNAME

Lee W, MVP

However, if you allow workstations to change their time you could be in for problems. Active Directory uses Kerberos for authentication - Kerberos requires the time to be "close" (usually within minutes) to that of the server. If it isn't you could have problems. If you need the system's time to be different, then you probably should look into using Virtual Machines and configuring the Virtual Machine to NOT be on the domain AND not sync its time with the host PC.

Cyril Joudieh

You can create an ASP page on the server to return the datetime of the server.

ammounpierre

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Pavel Celba

You may use API call to obtain server date & time:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/249716

Another way is to create a file on the server and obtain the date/time by FDATE() and FTIME().