/// <summary>
/// Gets accurate time using the NTP protocol with default timeout of 45 seconds.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="timeout">Operation timeout.</param>
/// <returns>Network accurate <see cref="DateTime"/> value.</returns>
public async Task<DateTime> GetNetworkTimeAsync(TimeSpan timeout)
{
using (var socket = new DatagramSocket())
using (var ct = new CancellationTokenSource(timeout))
{
ct.Token.Register(() => _resultCompletionSource.TrySetCanceled());
socket.MessageReceived += OnSocketMessageReceived;
//The UDP port number assigned to NTP is 123
await socket.ConnectAsync(new HostName("pool.ntp.org"), "123");
using (var writer = new DataWriter(socket.OutputStream))
{
// NTP message size is 16 bytes of the digest (RFC 2030)
var ntpBuffer = new byte[48];
// Setting the Leap Indicator,
// Version Number and Mode values
// LI = 0 (no warning)
// VN = 3 (IPv4 only)
// Mode = 3 (Client Mode)
ntpBuffer[0] = 0x1B;
writer.WriteBytes(ntpBuffer);
await writer.StoreAsync();
var result = await _resultCompletionSource.Task;
return result;
}
}
}
