Network Time Protocol (NTP) Binding

The Network Time Protocol (NTP) Binding is used to query an NTP server you configure for the current time, within tens of milliseconds of accurary. Items in openHAB will receive these updates.

There is also a binding specifically for openHAB 2 here.

Binding Configuration

This binding can be configured in the file services/ntp.cfg.

Item Configuration

The syntax for the NTP binding configuration string is explained here:

ntp="[<timeZone>][:<locale>]"

where the parts in [] are optional. If no or an incorrect <timeZone> is configured it defaults to TimeZone.getDefault(). If no or an incorrect <locale> is configured it defaults to Locale.getDefault().

Here are some examples of valid binding configuration strings:

ntp="America/Detroit:en_US"
ntp="Europe/Berlin:de_DE"
ntp="Europe/Berlin"
ntp=""

Examples

Simple

DateTime    Date    "Date and Time: [%1$tA, %1$td.%1$tm.%1$tY %1$tT]"  (Status)   { ntp="Europe/Berlin:de_DE" } 
``

### Update to KNX Bus

If you would like to post the queried time to the knx-bus your line might look like:

DateTime Date “Date and Time: [%1$tA, %1$td.%1$tm.%1$tY %1$tT]” (Status) { ntp=”Europe/Berlin:de_DE”, knx=”11.001:15/7/2, 10.001:15/7/1” }

where `11.001` is the KNX date type and `10.001` is the KNX time type

### Full Example

This will use your system information to determine timezone and locale.

services/ntp.cfg

hostname=0.us.pool.ntp.org

items/example.items

DateTime Date “Date [%1$tA, %1$td.%1$tm.%1$tY]” (Status) { ntp=”” }

sitemap/example.sitemap

sitemap example
{
    Text item=Date
} ```

Formatting

Here is an overview of how you can format the output of date and time.