Index: check_ntp_time.c
===================================================================
--- check_ntp_time.c	(revision 2244)
+++ check_ntp_time.c	(working copy)
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 static int quiet=0;
 static char *owarn="60";
 static char *ocrit="120";
+static int time_offset=0;
 
 int process_arguments (int, char **);
 thresholds *offset_thresholds = NULL;
@@ -394,7 +395,7 @@
 				gettimeofday(&recv_time, NULL);
 				DBG(print_ntp_message(&req[i]));
 				respnum=servers[i].num_responses++;
-				servers[i].offset[respnum]=calc_offset(&req[i], &recv_time);
+				servers[i].offset[respnum]=calc_offset(&req[i], &recv_time)+time_offset;
 				if(verbose) {
 					printf("offset %.10g\n", servers[i].offset[respnum]);
 				}
@@ -449,6 +450,7 @@
 		{"use-ipv4", no_argument, 0, '4'},
 		{"use-ipv6", no_argument, 0, '6'},
 		{"quiet", no_argument, 0, 'q'},
+		{"time-offset", optional_argument, 0, 'o'},
 		{"warning", required_argument, 0, 'w'},
 		{"critical", required_argument, 0, 'c'},
 		{"timeout", required_argument, 0, 't'},
@@ -462,7 +464,7 @@
 		usage ("\n");
 
 	while (1) {
-		c = getopt_long (argc, argv, "Vhv46qw:c:t:H:p:", longopts, &option);
+		c = getopt_long (argc, argv, "Vhv46qw:c:t:H:p:o:", longopts, &option);
 		if (c == -1 || c == EOF || c == 1)
 			break;
 
@@ -498,6 +500,9 @@
 		case 't':
 			socket_timeout=atoi(optarg);
 			break;
+		case 'o':
+			time_offset=atoi(optarg);
+                        break;
 		case '4':
 			address_family = AF_INET;
 			break;
@@ -609,6 +614,8 @@
 	printf ("    %s\n", _("Offset to result in warning status (seconds)"));
 	printf (" %s\n", "-c, --critical=THRESHOLD");
 	printf ("    %s\n", _("Offset to result in critical status (seconds)"));
+	printf (" %s\n", "-o, --time_offset=");
+	printf ("    %s\n", _("Offset of the ntp server relative to local server(seconds)"));
 	printf (_(UT_TIMEOUT), DEFAULT_SOCKET_TIMEOUT);
 	printf (_(UT_VERBOSE));
 
@@ -639,6 +646,6 @@
 print_usage(void)
 {
 	printf (_("Usage:"));
-	printf(" %s -H <host> [-w <warn>] [-c <crit>] [-v verbose]\n", progname);
+	printf(" %s -H <host> [-w <warn>] [-c <crit>] [-v verbose] [-o <time offset>]\n", progname);
 }