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How an HTTP header caused time.gov to skew from UTC

Quality: 8/10 Relevance: 9/10

Summary

A technical exploration of how time.gov's clock drift was caused by HTTP header behavior affecting browser-based time measurement. The post explains NTP basics, the network timing issue caused by Connection: close, the fix to use keep-alive, and how PerformanceResourceTiming can improve precision.

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