>>anyone who knows the equivalent API function of DOS NET TIME command
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>I suspect what this command does is show you the time on the server.
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>You can create a file on a shared folder on the server and see what date/time it was created.
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>HTH, Hilmar.

The command goes out to the internet and gets the current time from a time server using a standard port number. I think there are web services that provide the same information.