NTP.java

package ntp;

import java.net.InetAddress;
import java.util.logging.Logger;

import org.apache.commons.net.ntp.NTPUDPClient;
import org.apache.commons.net.ntp.TimeInfo;

public final class NTP
{
	private static final long TIME_TILL_UPDATE = 1000*60*10;
	private static final String NTP_SERVER = "pool.ntp.org";
	
	private static long lastUpdate = 0;
	private static long offset = 0;
   
	public static long getTime()
	{
		//CHECK IF OFFSET NEEDS TO BE UPDATED
		if(System.currentTimeMillis() > lastUpdate + TIME_TILL_UPDATE)
		{
			updateOffSet();
			lastUpdate = System.currentTimeMillis();
			
			//LOG OFFSET
			Logger.getGlobal().info("Adjusting time with " + offset + " milliseconds.");
		}
	   
		//CALCULATE CORRECTED TIME
		return System.currentTimeMillis() + offset;
	}
   
	private static void updateOffSet()
	{
		//CREATE CLIENT
		NTPUDPClient client = new NTPUDPClient();
	   
		//SET TIMEOUT
		client.setDefaultTimeout(10000);
		try 
		{
			//OPEN CLIENT
			client.open();
          
			//GET INFO FROM NTP SERVER
			InetAddress hostAddr = InetAddress.getByName(NTP_SERVER);
			TimeInfo info = client.getTime(hostAddr);
			info.computeDetails();
           
			//UPDATE OFFSET
			if(info.getOffset() != null)
			{
				offset = info.getOffset();
			} 
		} 
		catch (Exception e) 
		{
    	   	//ERROR GETTING OFFSET
		}

		client.close(); 
   }
}