Java tutorial
import java.io.IOException; import java.net.DatagramSocket; import java.net.InetSocketAddress; import java.net.SocketAddress; import java.nio.ByteBuffer; import java.nio.ByteOrder; import java.nio.channels.DatagramChannel; public class UDPTimeServer { public final static int DEFAULT_PORT = 37; public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException { int port = 37; ByteBuffer in = ByteBuffer.allocate(8192); ByteBuffer out = ByteBuffer.allocate(8); out.order(ByteOrder.BIG_ENDIAN); SocketAddress address = new InetSocketAddress(port); DatagramChannel channel = DatagramChannel.open(); DatagramSocket socket = channel.socket(); socket.bind(address); System.err.println("bound to " + address); while (true) { try { in.clear(); SocketAddress client = channel.receive(in); System.err.println(client); long secondsSince1970 = System.currentTimeMillis(); out.clear(); out.putLong(secondsSince1970); out.flip(); out.position(4); channel.send(out, client); } catch (Exception ex) { System.err.println(ex); } } } }