Windows 10 NTP options

What are some good options for time syncing Windows 10?

Here's what I do

Windows has built in NTP date/time sync. Though, some times it does not work reliably. If you have custom DNS setup, like PieHole or AGH etc, with certain block lists, that can cause Windows native NTP to fail.

There are other cases where using a 3rd party NTP sync client is useful.
I use such on my Technician laptop., since it is dual booted with Linux and Win 11.
For whatever reason, Linux does time different than Windows, and if i boot back into Windows after using Linux, the time is all messed up.

I use NetTime. Works well.
https://www.timesynctool.com/

Edit: Use the newest version Version 3.20 Alpha 3 - Latest Test Version:
It seems this program has been abandoned, but it still works fine.

Thanks. IIRC the issue with Windows built in client was frequency. There were tricks to increase it, but now I can't seem to find a consensus on any. I'll check out nettime.

Using time.google.com works good enough for me as evidenced by https://time.is

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Google time fails to sync for me. Checked my dns logs, it is not being blocked.

Never had a problem with it on 2 desktop PC's, a laptop and my two Synology NAS's.
I've been using it for many years.

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