Clock Offset Checker
Estimate device clock offset and drift from paired device and reference timestamps.
Description
Estimate device clock offset and drift from paired device and reference timestamps.
Clock Offset Checker: Estimate device clock offset and drift from paired device and reference timestamps.
When to use Clock Offset
Use this check to inspect a browser, device, network, permission, media, or input capability directly in the current runtime before relying on it in another workflow.
- Clock probe
- Paired timestamp probe from the surface.
How Clock Offset works
Estimate device clock offset and drift from paired device and reference timestamps. The tool evaluates the supplied inputs together and returns the named outputs below; it does not infer omitted operating conditions or change the units shown.1
- Skew
- Overall synchronization classification.
- Offset (ms)
- Median device-minus-reference offset.
- Spread (ms)
- Range of observed offsets.
- Samples
- Number of paired samples analyzed.
- Issues
- Stable machine-facing warning codes.
Limitations and assumptions
- Results describe the current browser session and can change with permissions, privacy controls, hardware, drivers, network path, power state, or browser updates. Unsupported or withheld information is not proof that the underlying capability is absent.
- Use finite inputs in the displayed units and preserve more precision than the final presentation requires. Independently verify safety-critical, financial, compliance, or production decisions.
Alternative or Complementary approaches
Repeat the check in the browser and device that will actually be used, then confirm important behavior with the relevant operating-system or network diagnostics. Avoid granting permissions that are unnecessary for the test.
References
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Clock synchronization — Wikipedia contributors
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