QUERY · ISSUE

ntptime Feature request: Would like to have the ntp server configurable

openby hagenbuchopened 2023-06-14updated 2023-06-28

The timeserver is hardcoded n ntptime.py:

host = "pool.ntp.org"

I would prefer to have this configurable, for several reasons:

There might only be a local network where the node is
DNS might not be available in some cases and under some error conditions
One might as well use a numeric values
Coordinated time might be more important than a real interconnection for embedded devices often involved with logging.

I'm sorry I have no idea (yet) where to start to create a full pull request..

1 comment

massimosala · 2023-06-28

Hi Andreas

It isn't hard-coded.

It is weird they don't put the 'host' as a parameter of the function, but you can do this:

import ntptime
ntptime.host = "your choice"
ntptime.settime()

CANDIDATE · ISSUE

Timezone support for "time" module

openby puuuopened 2016-05-30updated 2024-09-29

enhancement

From the release notes of MicroPython ESP8266 firmware v1.8 is clear, ntptime only supports UTC. I agree, time zone handling is out of the focus of ntptime. But it would be nice, if ntptime.settime() would support a offset argument, which is be added to ntptime.time() before setting the rtc.

Something like ntptime.settime(offset=2*3600) to provide CEST.
Then, getting the local time is easy as time.localtime() (if #2097 is solved).

I believe, this is a simple api enhancement. Later, a timezone module may calculate the offset by time zone and daylight saving.

I can provide a pull request, but I am not sure about the api and what unit (seconds, minutes or hours) is advisable for the offset. Also the PR may conflict with #2121 .

ntptime Feature request: Would like to have the ntp server configurable

Timezone support for "time" module

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