For a project work in an ARM embedded device we need to write code that will sync time of device within that of the network. We plan to make use of SNTP for same.

Is there a Free Licence SNTP client reliable / tested code there that can be made use of?

Hi, 

I am personally was not implementing an SNTP client, but if I would need this, first I would take a look to a lwIP TCP/IP stack, which works pretty good, and it has a lot of built-in functionality, including SNTP client. 

The license, in general, is quite opened...

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