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# sk183827 - Minor time difference between Maestro Security Group Members during Network Time Protocol synchronization

| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| Solution ID | sk183827 |
| Date Created | 2025-08-21 |
| Last Modified | 2025-08-25 |
| Technical Level | General |
| Products | Scalable Platforms |
| Versions | R81.20 |
| OS | Gaia |

## Symptoms

- * There is a small time difference (milliseconds or microseconds) between Maestro Security Group Members (SGMs) during Network Time Protocol (NTP) synchronization.

  **Example of SGMs**:
  `
  [Expert@SG2-ch01-01:0]# g_all 'date +\"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%6N\"'`  
  `
  1_01:`  
  `
  2025-07-03 03:10:32.950648`  
  `
  1_02:`  
  `
  2025-07-03 03:10:32.697497`  
  `
  `
* The time difference remains after running the synchronization command:

  `#g_all $SMODIR/scripts/asg_ntp_update_time`

## Solution

No fix is required. This behavior is by design. A difference of a few milliseconds or microseconds between SGMs is normal system behavior.

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