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Time Certifying Server, Reference Time Distributing Server, Time Certifying Method, Reference Time Distributing Method, Time Certifying Program, and Communication Protocol Program
Time Certifying Server, Reference Time Distributing Server, Time Certifying Method, Reference Time Distributing Method, Time Certifying Program, and Communication Protocol Program
An object is to perform time certification at a low cost while ensuring high precision and high reliability. In a time stamp server according to the present embodiment, a time is measured by the unit of, for example, 100 milliseconds, and a time stamp is issued by using the time. However, what is important is generally a date in a time stamp although it depends on a certification target. Therefore, it is thought that no adverse affect occurs substantially, even if a second hand is doctored. Accordingly, in the present embodiment, the time measured by the internal clock of the time stamp server is divided into a part regarding the units equal to or larger than the unit of minute (year, month, day, minute) and a part regarding the unit of second (including the units smaller than one second, such as millisecond), and the part regarding the units equal to or larger than the unit of minute is audited by an auditory office, whereas the part regarding the unit of second is synchronized with a time distributed from a time distributing office. That is, as to the part regarding the units equal to or larger than the unit of minute, the coincidence with the reference time is confirmed, whereas the part regarding the unit of second is corrected by using the time distributed from the time distributing office.
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