NTPsec

ntp-gps.gant-dodd.uk

Report generated: Sat Apr 4 03:31:04 2026 UTC
Start Time: Fri Apr 3 03:31:01 2026 UTC
End Time: Sat Apr 4 03:31:01 2026 UTC
Report Period: 1.0 days

Server Hardware:

Hat has default configuration (uses GPS+Glonass satelites for fix)

Access policy: Use of this server is by invitation only with one exception: while the server is a member of the NTP Pool use may be made of this server for time synchronisation through the NTP Pool subject to their Terms of Service for End-Users. Go to www.pool.ntp.org/en/use.html for more information.

Local Clock Time/Frequency Offsets

local offset plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Local Clock Time Offset -96.728 -9.445 -3.419 0.232 2.207 6.025 92.831 5.626 15.470 3.472 -0.001 µs -2.034 183.8
Local Clock Frequency Offset -2,451.141 -969.421 -677.933 -346.680 205.582 393.188 1,916.428 883.515 1,362.609 278.358 -306.939 ppb 0.5208 7.845

The time and frequency offsets between the ntpd calculated time and the local system clock. Showing frequency offset (red, in parts per million, scale on right) and the time offset (blue, in μs, scale on left). Quick changes in time offset will lead to larger frequency offsets.

These are fields 3 (time) and 4 (frequency) from the loopstats log file.



Local RMS Time Jitter

local jitter plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Local RMS Time Jitter 0.216 0.327 0.393 0.770 3.881 9.824 55.598 3.488 9.497 2.234 1.372 µs 9.169 132.3

The RMS Jitter of the local clock offset. In other words, how fast the local clock offset is changing.

Lower is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0μs.

RMS jitter is field 5 in the loopstats log file.



Local RMS Frequency Jitter

local stability plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Local RMS Frequency Jitter 1.845 2.609 3.157 9.118 44.915 109.267 368.990 41.758 106.658 22.422 15.267 ppb 6.646 68.77

The RMS Frequency Jitter (aka wander) of the local clock's frequency. In other words, how fast the local clock changes frequency.

Lower is better. An ideal clock would be a horizontal line at 0ppm.

RMS Frequency Jitter is field 6 in the loopstats log file.



Local Clock Time Offset Histogram

local offset histogram plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Local Clock Offset -96.728 -9.445 -3.419 0.232 2.207 6.025 92.831 5.626 15.470 3.472 -0.001 µs -2.034 183.8

The clock offsets of the local clock as a histogram.

The Local Clock Offset is field 3 from the loopstats log file.



Server Offsets

peer offsets plot

The offset of all refclocks and servers. This can be useful to see if offset changes are happening in a single clock or all clocks together.

Clock Offset is field 5 in the peerstats log file.



Server Offset 2001:1488:ffff::100 (ntp.nic.cz)

peer offset 2001:1488:ffff::100 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset 2001:1488:ffff::100 (ntp.nic.cz) -2.450 -2.450 -2.397 -2.247 -2.119 -2.082 -2.082 0.278 0.368 0.078 -2.263 ms -0.1501 3.075

The offset of a server in seconds. This is useful to see how the measured offset is behaving.

The chart also plots offset±rtt, where rtt is the round trip time to the server. NTP can not really know the offset of a remote chimer, NTP computes it by subtracting rtt/2 from the offset. Plotting the offset±rtt reverses this calculation to more easily see the effects of rtt changes.

Closer to 0s is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0s. Typical 90% ranges may be: local LAN server 80µs; 90% ranges for WAN server may be 4ms and much larger.

Clock Offset is field 5 in the peerstats log file. The Round Trip Time (rtt) is field 6 in the peerstats log file.



Server Offset 2001:41d0:303:b17b:: (quatramaran.salle-s.org)

peer offset 2001:41d0:303:b17b:: plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset 2001:41d0:303:b17b:: (quatramaran.salle-s.org) -10.766 -10.766 -2.872 -2.545 -1.883 -1.867 -1.867 0.989 8.899 1.317 -2.690 ms -5.742 35.38

The offset of a server in seconds. This is useful to see how the measured offset is behaving.

The chart also plots offset±rtt, where rtt is the round trip time to the server. NTP can not really know the offset of a remote chimer, NTP computes it by subtracting rtt/2 from the offset. Plotting the offset±rtt reverses this calculation to more easily see the effects of rtt changes.

Closer to 0s is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0s. Typical 90% ranges may be: local LAN server 80µs; 90% ranges for WAN server may be 4ms and much larger.

Clock Offset is field 5 in the peerstats log file. The Round Trip Time (rtt) is field 6 in the peerstats log file.



Server Offset 2001:8b0:0:23::205 (ntp2.aa.net.uk)

peer offset 2001:8b0:0:23::205 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset 2001:8b0:0:23::205 (ntp2.aa.net.uk) -2.483 -2.438 -2.305 -1.058 0.350 0.400 0.435 2.656 2.837 0.792 -0.945 ms 0.1585 2.325

The offset of a server in seconds. This is useful to see how the measured offset is behaving.

The chart also plots offset±rtt, where rtt is the round trip time to the server. NTP can not really know the offset of a remote chimer, NTP computes it by subtracting rtt/2 from the offset. Plotting the offset±rtt reverses this calculation to more easily see the effects of rtt changes.

Closer to 0s is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0s. Typical 90% ranges may be: local LAN server 80µs; 90% ranges for WAN server may be 4ms and much larger.

Clock Offset is field 5 in the peerstats log file. The Round Trip Time (rtt) is field 6 in the peerstats log file.



Server Offset 2001:8b0:6461:1a:746e:2d70:6167:316c (ntp-gal.gant-dodd.uk)

peer offset 2001:8b0:6461:1a:746e:2d70:6167:316c plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset 2001:8b0:6461:1a:746e:2d70:6167:316c (ntp-gal.gant-dodd.uk) -181.441 -90.153 -51.523 -14.993 22.058 88.074 179.081 73.581 178.227 29.337 -14.606 µs 0.6506 13.31

The offset of a server in seconds. This is useful to see how the measured offset is behaving.

The chart also plots offset±rtt, where rtt is the round trip time to the server. NTP can not really know the offset of a remote chimer, NTP computes it by subtracting rtt/2 from the offset. Plotting the offset±rtt reverses this calculation to more easily see the effects of rtt changes.

Closer to 0s is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0s. Typical 90% ranges may be: local LAN server 80µs; 90% ranges for WAN server may be 4ms and much larger.

Clock Offset is field 5 in the peerstats log file. The Round Trip Time (rtt) is field 6 in the peerstats log file.



Server Offset 2a00:d78:0:712:94:198:159:16 (ntppool2.time.nl)

peer offset 2a00:d78:0:712:94:198:159:16 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset 2a00:d78:0:712:94:198:159:16 (ntppool2.time.nl) -9.590 -9.590 -0.933 -0.401 1.159 2.139 2.139 2.093 11.728 2.025 -0.723 ms -3.653 16.02

The offset of a server in seconds. This is useful to see how the measured offset is behaving.

The chart also plots offset±rtt, where rtt is the round trip time to the server. NTP can not really know the offset of a remote chimer, NTP computes it by subtracting rtt/2 from the offset. Plotting the offset±rtt reverses this calculation to more easily see the effects of rtt changes.

Closer to 0s is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0s. Typical 90% ranges may be: local LAN server 80µs; 90% ranges for WAN server may be 4ms and much larger.

Clock Offset is field 5 in the peerstats log file. The Round Trip Time (rtt) is field 6 in the peerstats log file.



Server Offset 2a01:3f7:2:44::9 (sth2-ts.nts.netnod.se)

peer offset 2a01:3f7:2:44::9 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset 2a01:3f7:2:44::9 (sth2-ts.nts.netnod.se) -2.737 -2.737 -0.417 -0.279 -0.149 -0.112 -0.112 0.268 2.625 0.410 -0.357 ms -4.992 28.25

The offset of a server in seconds. This is useful to see how the measured offset is behaving.

The chart also plots offset±rtt, where rtt is the round trip time to the server. NTP can not really know the offset of a remote chimer, NTP computes it by subtracting rtt/2 from the offset. Plotting the offset±rtt reverses this calculation to more easily see the effects of rtt changes.

Closer to 0s is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0s. Typical 90% ranges may be: local LAN server 80µs; 90% ranges for WAN server may be 4ms and much larger.

Clock Offset is field 5 in the peerstats log file. The Round Trip Time (rtt) is field 6 in the peerstats log file.



Server Offset 2a12:ab46:5344:115::a (time.netweaver.uk)

peer offset 2a12:ab46:5344:115::a plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset 2a12:ab46:5344:115::a (time.netweaver.uk) -1.345 -1.345 -0.576 -0.396 -0.033 0.548 0.548 0.543 1.893 0.240 -0.406 ms 0.1663 12.36

The offset of a server in seconds. This is useful to see how the measured offset is behaving.

The chart also plots offset±rtt, where rtt is the round trip time to the server. NTP can not really know the offset of a remote chimer, NTP computes it by subtracting rtt/2 from the offset. Plotting the offset±rtt reverses this calculation to more easily see the effects of rtt changes.

Closer to 0s is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0s. Typical 90% ranges may be: local LAN server 80µs; 90% ranges for WAN server may be 4ms and much larger.

Clock Offset is field 5 in the peerstats log file. The Round Trip Time (rtt) is field 6 in the peerstats log file.



Server Offset SHM(0)

peer offset SHM(0) plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset SHM(0) -34.653 -14.725 -10.385 -3.000 0.266 1.564 3.992 10.651 16.289 3.318 -3.728 ms -1.497 6.896

The offset of a server in seconds. This is useful to see how the measured offset is behaving.

The chart also plots offset±rtt, where rtt is the round trip time to the server. NTP can not really know the offset of a remote chimer, NTP computes it by subtracting rtt/2 from the offset. Plotting the offset±rtt reverses this calculation to more easily see the effects of rtt changes.

Closer to 0s is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0s. Typical 90% ranges may be: local LAN server 80µs; 90% ranges for WAN server may be 4ms and much larger.

Clock Offset is field 5 in the peerstats log file. The Round Trip Time (rtt) is field 6 in the peerstats log file.



Server Offset SHM(1)

peer offset SHM(1) plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset SHM(1) -99.477 -29.277 -2.387 23.277 54.244 87.264 191.370 56.631 116.541 19.727 24.957 µs 0.5636 8.693

The offset of a server in seconds. This is useful to see how the measured offset is behaving.

The chart also plots offset±rtt, where rtt is the round trip time to the server. NTP can not really know the offset of a remote chimer, NTP computes it by subtracting rtt/2 from the offset. Plotting the offset±rtt reverses this calculation to more easily see the effects of rtt changes.

Closer to 0s is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0s. Typical 90% ranges may be: local LAN server 80µs; 90% ranges for WAN server may be 4ms and much larger.

Clock Offset is field 5 in the peerstats log file. The Round Trip Time (rtt) is field 6 in the peerstats log file.



Server Jitters

peer jitters plot

The RMS Jitter of all refclocks and servers. Jitter is the current estimated dispersion, in other words the variation in offset between samples.

Closer to 0s is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0s.

RMS Jitter is field 8 in the peerstats log file.



Server Jitter 2001:1488:ffff::100 (ntp.nic.cz)

peer jitter 2001:1488:ffff::100 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter 2001:1488:ffff::100 (ntp.nic.cz) 0.047 0.047 0.051 0.109 9.251 9.255 9.255 9.200 9.208 3.472 1.701 ms 1.71 3.926

The RMS Jitter of a server. Jitter is the current estimated dispersion, in other words the variation in offset between samples.

Closer to 0s is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0s.

RMS Jitter is field 8 in the peerstats log file.



Server Jitter 2001:41d0:303:b17b:: (quatramaran.salle-s.org)

peer jitter 2001:41d0:303:b17b:: plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter 2001:41d0:303:b17b:: (quatramaran.salle-s.org) 0.106 0.106 0.134 0.359 3.152 8.188 8.188 3.019 8.082 1.563 1.000 ms 2.777 11.78

The RMS Jitter of a server. Jitter is the current estimated dispersion, in other words the variation in offset between samples.

Closer to 0s is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0s.

RMS Jitter is field 8 in the peerstats log file.



Server Jitter 2001:8b0:0:23::205 (ntp2.aa.net.uk)

peer jitter 2001:8b0:0:23::205 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter 2001:8b0:0:23::205 (ntp2.aa.net.uk) 0.022 0.028 0.044 0.096 3.715 11.184 13.848 3.671 11.156 1.958 0.737 ms 4.158 21.57

The RMS Jitter of a server. Jitter is the current estimated dispersion, in other words the variation in offset between samples.

Closer to 0s is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0s.

RMS Jitter is field 8 in the peerstats log file.



Server Jitter 2001:8b0:6461:1a:746e:2d70:6167:316c (ntp-gal.gant-dodd.uk)

peer jitter 2001:8b0:6461:1a:746e:2d70:6167:316c plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter 2001:8b0:6461:1a:746e:2d70:6167:316c (ntp-gal.gant-dodd.uk) 5.247 6.012 8.908 22.480 57.982 119.329 230.381 49.074 113.317 22.433 27.915 µs 3.838 27.62

The RMS Jitter of a server. Jitter is the current estimated dispersion, in other words the variation in offset between samples.

Closer to 0s is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0s.

RMS Jitter is field 8 in the peerstats log file.



Server Jitter 2a00:d78:0:712:94:198:159:16 (ntppool2.time.nl)

peer jitter 2a00:d78:0:712:94:198:159:16 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter 2a00:d78:0:712:94:198:159:16 (ntppool2.time.nl) 0.133 0.133 0.162 0.807 8.504 8.852 8.852 8.343 8.719 2.147 1.886 ms 1.619 5.407

The RMS Jitter of a server. Jitter is the current estimated dispersion, in other words the variation in offset between samples.

Closer to 0s is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0s.

RMS Jitter is field 8 in the peerstats log file.



Server Jitter 2a01:3f7:2:44::9 (sth2-ts.nts.netnod.se)

peer jitter 2a01:3f7:2:44::9 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter 2a01:3f7:2:44::9 (sth2-ts.nts.netnod.se) 0.035 0.035 0.040 0.096 0.937 2.349 2.349 0.897 2.313 0.465 0.340 ms 2.274 9.145

The RMS Jitter of a server. Jitter is the current estimated dispersion, in other words the variation in offset between samples.

Closer to 0s is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0s.

RMS Jitter is field 8 in the peerstats log file.



Server Jitter 2a12:ab46:5344:115::a (time.netweaver.uk)

peer jitter 2a12:ab46:5344:115::a plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter 2a12:ab46:5344:115::a (time.netweaver.uk) 0.051 0.051 0.082 0.186 0.963 1.149 1.149 0.881 1.098 0.228 0.267 ms 2.127 8.111

The RMS Jitter of a server. Jitter is the current estimated dispersion, in other words the variation in offset between samples.

Closer to 0s is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0s.

RMS Jitter is field 8 in the peerstats log file.



Server Jitter SHM(0)

peer jitter SHM(0) plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter SHM(0) 0.146 0.588 0.782 1.633 4.439 6.928 15.496 3.656 6.339 1.267 1.975 ms 2.546 13.35

The RMS Jitter of a server. Jitter is the current estimated dispersion, in other words the variation in offset between samples.

Closer to 0s is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0s.

RMS Jitter is field 8 in the peerstats log file.



Server Jitter SHM(1)

peer jitter SHM(1) plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter SHM(1) 0.070 0.365 0.516 1.436 7.586 21.559 118.558 7.070 21.194 4.773 2.559 µs 9.312 133.3

The RMS Jitter of a server. Jitter is the current estimated dispersion, in other words the variation in offset between samples.

Closer to 0s is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0s.

RMS Jitter is field 8 in the peerstats log file.



Summary


Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Local Clock Frequency Offset -2,451.141 -969.421 -677.933 -346.680 205.582 393.188 1,916.428 883.515 1,362.609 278.358 -306.939 ppb 0.5208 7.845
Local Clock Time Offset -96.728 -9.445 -3.419 0.232 2.207 6.025 92.831 5.626 15.470 3.472 -0.001 µs -2.034 183.8
Local RMS Frequency Jitter 1.845 2.609 3.157 9.118 44.915 109.267 368.990 41.758 106.658 22.422 15.267 ppb 6.646 68.77
Local RMS Time Jitter 0.216 0.327 0.393 0.770 3.881 9.824 55.598 3.488 9.497 2.234 1.372 µs 9.169 132.3
Server Jitter 2001:1488:ffff::100 (ntp.nic.cz) 0.047 0.047 0.051 0.109 9.251 9.255 9.255 9.200 9.208 3.472 1.701 ms 1.71 3.926
Server Jitter 2001:41d0:303:b17b:: (quatramaran.salle-s.org) 0.106 0.106 0.134 0.359 3.152 8.188 8.188 3.019 8.082 1.563 1.000 ms 2.777 11.78
Server Jitter 2001:8b0:0:23::205 (ntp2.aa.net.uk) 0.022 0.028 0.044 0.096 3.715 11.184 13.848 3.671 11.156 1.958 0.737 ms 4.158 21.57
Server Jitter 2001:8b0:6461:1a:746e:2d70:6167:316c (ntp-gal.gant-dodd.uk) 5.247 6.012 8.908 22.480 57.982 119.329 230.381 49.074 113.317 22.433 27.915 µs 3.838 27.62
Server Jitter 2a00:d78:0:712:94:198:159:16 (ntppool2.time.nl) 0.133 0.133 0.162 0.807 8.504 8.852 8.852 8.343 8.719 2.147 1.886 ms 1.619 5.407
Server Jitter 2a01:3f7:2:44::9 (sth2-ts.nts.netnod.se) 0.035 0.035 0.040 0.096 0.937 2.349 2.349 0.897 2.313 0.465 0.340 ms 2.274 9.145
Server Jitter 2a12:ab46:5344:115::a (time.netweaver.uk) 0.051 0.051 0.082 0.186 0.963 1.149 1.149 0.881 1.098 0.228 0.267 ms 2.127 8.111
Server Jitter SHM(0) 0.146 0.588 0.782 1.633 4.439 6.928 15.496 3.656 6.339 1.267 1.975 ms 2.546 13.35
Server Jitter SHM(1) 0.070 0.365 0.516 1.436 7.586 21.559 118.558 7.070 21.194 4.773 2.559 µs 9.312 133.3
Server Offset 2001:1488:ffff::100 (ntp.nic.cz) -2.450 -2.450 -2.397 -2.247 -2.119 -2.082 -2.082 0.278 0.368 0.078 -2.263 ms -0.1501 3.075
Server Offset 2001:41d0:303:b17b:: (quatramaran.salle-s.org) -10.766 -10.766 -2.872 -2.545 -1.883 -1.867 -1.867 0.989 8.899 1.317 -2.690 ms -5.742 35.38
Server Offset 2001:8b0:0:23::205 (ntp2.aa.net.uk) -2.483 -2.438 -2.305 -1.058 0.350 0.400 0.435 2.656 2.837 0.792 -0.945 ms 0.1585 2.325
Server Offset 2001:8b0:6461:1a:746e:2d70:6167:316c (ntp-gal.gant-dodd.uk) -181.441 -90.153 -51.523 -14.993 22.058 88.074 179.081 73.581 178.227 29.337 -14.606 µs 0.6506 13.31
Server Offset 2a00:d78:0:712:94:198:159:16 (ntppool2.time.nl) -9.590 -9.590 -0.933 -0.401 1.159 2.139 2.139 2.093 11.728 2.025 -0.723 ms -3.653 16.02
Server Offset 2a01:3f7:2:44::9 (sth2-ts.nts.netnod.se) -2.737 -2.737 -0.417 -0.279 -0.149 -0.112 -0.112 0.268 2.625 0.410 -0.357 ms -4.992 28.25
Server Offset 2a12:ab46:5344:115::a (time.netweaver.uk) -1.345 -1.345 -0.576 -0.396 -0.033 0.548 0.548 0.543 1.893 0.240 -0.406 ms 0.1663 12.36
Server Offset SHM(0) -34.653 -14.725 -10.385 -3.000 0.266 1.564 3.992 10.651 16.289 3.318 -3.728 ms -1.497 6.896
Server Offset SHM(1) -99.477 -29.277 -2.387 23.277 54.244 87.264 191.370 56.631 116.541 19.727 24.957 µs 0.5636 8.693
Summary as CSV file

Glossary:

frequency offset:
The difference between the ntpd calculated frequency and the local system clock frequency (usually in parts per million, ppm)
jitter, dispersion:
The short term change in a value. NTP measures Local Time Jitter, Refclock Jitter, and Server Jitter in seconds. Local Frequency Jitter is in ppm or ppb.
ms, millisecond:
One thousandth of a second = 0.001 seconds, 1e-3 seconds
mu, mean:
The arithmetic mean: the sum of all the values divided by the number of values. The formula for mu is: "mu = (∑xi) / N". Where xi denotes the data points and N is the number of data points.
ns, nanosecond:
One billionth of a second, also one thousandth of a microsecond, 0.000000001 seconds and 1e-9 seconds.
percentile:
The value below which a given percentage of values fall.
ppb, parts per billion:
Ratio between two values. These following are all the same: 1 ppb, one in one billion, 1/1,000,000,000, 0.000,000,001, 1e-9 and 0.000,000,1%
ppm, parts per million:
Ratio between two values. These following are all the same: 1 ppm, one in one million, 1/1,000,000, 0.000,001, and 0.000,1%
‰, parts per thousand:
Ratio between two values. These following are all the same: 1 ‰. one in one thousand, 1/1,000, 0.001, and 0.1%
refclock:
Reference clock, a local GPS module or other local source of time.
remote clock:
Any clock reached over the network, LAN or WAN. Also called a peer or server.
time offset:
The difference between the ntpd calculated time and the local system clock's time. Also called phase offset.
σ, sigma:
Sigma denotes the standard deviation (SD) and is centered on the arithmetic mean of the data set. The SD is simply the square root of the variance of the data set. Two sigma is simply twice the standard deviation. Three sigma is three times sigma. Smaller is better.
The formula for sigma is: "σ = √[ ∑(xi-mu)^2 / N ]". Where xi denotes the data points and N is the number of data points.
Skewness, Skew:
The skewness of a random variable X is the third standardized moment and is a dimension-less ratio. ntpviz uses the FIsher-Pearson moment of skewness. There are other different ways to calculate Skewness Wikipedia describes Skewness best: "The qualitative interpretation of the skew is complicated and unintuitive."
A normal distribution has a skewness of zero.
Kurtosis, Kurt:
The kurtosis of a random variable X is the fourth standardized moment and is a dimension-less ratio. ntpviz uses standard Kurtosis. There are other different ways to calculate Kurtosis.
A normal distribution has a Kurtosis of three. NIST describes a kurtosis over three as "heavy tailed" and one under three as "light tailed".
upstream clock:
Any server or reference clock used as a source of time.
µs, us, microsecond:
One millionth of a second, also one thousandth of a millisecond, 0.000,001 seconds, and 1e-6 seconds.



This page autogenerated by ntpviz, part of the NTPsec project
html 5    Valid CSS!