Time Service Advertisement

Applies To: Windows Server 2008

The Windows Time service (W32time) provides time source advertisements that clients can use to synchronize their clocks. The Windows Time service on a domain controller can be configured as either a reliable or an unreliable time source. The Windows Time service running on a client will attempt to synchronize its time source with servers that are indicated as reliable. The Windows Time service can configure a domain controller within its domain as a reliable time source, and it synchronizes itself periodically with this source.

Events

Event ID	Source	Message
139	Microsoft-Windows-Time-Service	The time service has started advertising as a time source.
140	Microsoft-Windows-Time-Service	The time service has stopped advertising as a time source because the local machine is not an Active Directory Domain Controller.
141	Microsoft-Windows-Time-Service	The time service has stopped advertising as a time source because there are no providers running.
142	Microsoft-Windows-Time-Service	The time service has stopped advertising as a time source because the local clock is not synchronized.
143	Microsoft-Windows-Time-Service	The time service has started advertising as a good time source.
144	Microsoft-Windows-Time-Service	The time service has stopped advertising as a good time source.
145	Microsoft-Windows-Time-Service	The time service has stopped advertising as a time source.

Related Management Information

Clock Manager

Active Directory