# Ntpdsim - Network Time Protocol (NTP) simulator

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**Category:** Documentation\
**Created:** [February 2, 2026, 8:01pm UTC](https://community.nwtime.org/t/ntpdsim-network-time-protocol-ntp-simulator/126 "2026-02-02T20:01:09Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 2, 2026, 8:01pm UTC](https://community.nwtime.org/t/ntpdsim-network-time-protocol-ntp-simulator/126/1 "2026-02-02T20:01:09Z")

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> **[ntpdsim - Network Time Protocol (NTP) simulator](https://www.ntp.org/documentation/4.2.8-series/ntpdsim/)**
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> The ntpdsim program is a discrete time simulator of the ntpd daemon. The simulator includes all the mitigation and discipline algorithms of the actual daemon, as well as the monitoring, statistics recording, trace, and host name resolution features.