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NTP was selected for time synchronization: see https://gogs.gtsplab.com:5432/SVIG/pricer/src/9af1def1d0a6365fe0cdfe639afa681654b38533/fp2_14.py#L261
Links to source code files should use the "permalink" button to reference a specific revision, or the line numbers you're referencing will quickly become wrong.
Windows time infrastructure: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/networking/windows-time-service/windows-time-service-tools-and-settings?tabs=config
MacOS time infrastructure: https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/timed.8.html (every 20 minutes)
Functional vs non-functional requirements (<= 9.1 hours) https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-server/identity/specialpollinterval-polling-interval-time-service-not-correct
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-functional_requirement
Filesystems can't express times with finer granularity than 1ms
Error in terms of time synchronization is expressed in ppm (1 microsecond) or ppb (1 nanosecond)
Therefore, there's no advantage to synchronizing to less than 1000ppm.
Windows resync command:

Start-Service W32Time
w32tm /resync

MacOS resync command: sudo sntp -sS time.apple.com
Use platform.system() to figure out whether it's Windows or MacOS, and use subprocess to run the NTP sync command so the whole computer has accurate time. Make sure to check the return code (0 = success, not zero = failure)
Although subprocess can give you the return code directly, it's helpful to know that it's available in the shell/powershell as $? on MacOS/Linux, and $LASTEXITCODE in powershell.
TODO @j figure out how to get systemd running in the container 1515h: Ended