How can I query an NTP server under Windows?

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I am not interested in synchronizing my local clock with the remote server. I only want to query it and print the result.

I would have assumed that there is a port of ntpq for Windows, but was unable to find any.

All other NTP clients I could find, they always want to install themselves as a service or make it otherwise clear that they want to synchronize my local time.

possible duplicate of [How can I check a system's current NTP configuration?](http://superuser.com/questions/425233/how-can-i-check-a-systems-current-ntp-configuration) — slm, Jun 02 '14 at 16:49

RedGrittyBrick · Accepted Answer · 2012-07-19T17:35:30.100

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C:\> w32tm /stripchart /computer:foo
Tracking foo [1.2.3.4].
The current time is 19/07/2012 17:39:48 (local time).
17:39:48 d:-00.0000840s o:-25.3004160s  [@                          |                           ]
17:39:50 d:-00.0000680s o:-25.3070080s  [@                          |                           ]
17:39:52 d:-00.0000690s o:-25.2987405s  [@                          |                           ]
17:39:54 d:-00.0000680s o:-25.3071530s  [@                          |                           ]
17:39:56 d:-00.0000690s o:-25.2993985s  [@                          |                           ]
17:39:58 d:-00.0000680s o:-25.3070270s  [@                          |                           ]

Wireshark shows NTP packets being generated by this. ~~Some versions of w32tm have a /query option~~

C:\>w32tm /stripchart /computer:us.pool.ntp.org /dataonly /samples:5
Tracking us.pool.ntp.org [208.87.221.228:123].
Collecting 5 samples.
The current time is 19/07/2012 18:36:32.
18:36:32, +03.3575094s
18:36:34, +03.3573679s
18:36:37, +03.3572986s
18:36:39, +03.3570290s
18:36:41, +03.3565357s

edited Jul 19 '12 at 17:35

answered Jul 19 '12 at 16:46

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To my understanding the `/query` is to query configuration parameters. I used it all day :D – Oliver Salzburg Jul 19 '12 at 17:26
This is perfect. Exactly what I needed. Thanks :) – Oliver Salzburg Jul 19 '12 at 17:27
I don't know if this works as expected, because I receive a valid time whatever I put as computer value. – Ozkan Jul 12 '18 at 09:39
@Ozkan [ask a question](https://superuser.com/questions/ask) 1) quoting what you saw and explaining 2) what you expected to see instead and 3) why. – RedGrittyBrick Jul 12 '18 at 11:02

score 9 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 23 '17 at 13:42

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Bytefusion's ntpquery seems to be incredibly old, but works. Sadly, it requires initial installation, but the application files will work fine when copied to another system.

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Installation not needed: open in 7-Zip, extract ntpquery.exe, and use as-is. – DrMoishe Pippik Aug 07 '20 at 21:17

score 7 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 03 '18 at 17:45

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The latest and greatest NTP check tool I could find was this: https://www.galsys.co.uk/categories/ntp-server-checker.html

answered Dec 03 '18 at 17:45

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This I especially like because it is portable. – cjbarth May 09 '22 at 13:31
FYI : [4 security vendors and no sandboxes flagged this file as malicious](https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/07c00df982d362c48844c2ee370a3dcd4862ee6c3aca71a2042b8aa0446baaeb/behavior) "Scheduled Task/Job T1053 Creates COM task schedule object (often to register a task for autostart) Command and Scripting Interpreter" "Very long command line found T1059 Very long cmdline option found, this is very uncommon (may be encrypted or packed)" – Alexis-Emmanuel Haeringer Jan 10 '23 at 14:39
Looking at the sources in [dotPeek](https://www.jetbrains.com/decompiler/), this is a .NET Fx 4.0 VB.NET app with no malicious code i could find. – Structed Apr 26 '23 at 11:28

How can I query an NTP server under Windows?

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