monapi
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RTC module of raspberry pi 3

Wed Oct 17, 2018 8:35 am

hello
my question is raspberry pi 3 doesnt have a RTC module by it self or it has an RTC module but because it's time is not accurate we add an external RTC module to it.
i have a python server code and i want to synch it at a time with client and i run these codes on raspberry pi, so i want to know if i should first add a RTC module to raspberry pi or with the RTC of the raspberry pi's processor i can use RTC in my code?

thank you.

scotty101
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Re: RTC module of raspberry pi 3

Wed Oct 17, 2018 8:46 am

The raspberry pi does not have a Real Time Clock. You need to add an external one.

The time kept by the Pi is managed in software only.
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