A method for the time synchronization between at least one master and at least one slave in a network, wherein the at least one master predefines a master time (t M) and sends at least one synchronization message with the master time (t M) via the network to the at least one slave, wherein the at least one slave, on which a slave time (t S) is running, uses the synchronization message to adjust the slave time (t S) to the master time (t M) using synchronization, and wherein the at least one slave is an interrupt-capable network device (8', 8") of the network and uses a timer, which accesses the slave time (t S) to generate at least one interrupt, which is repeated at a predefined cycle duration (t C), at a respective trigger point in time (t I) that is synchronized with the slave time (t S), wherein, when a synchronization message arrives, a time offset (Δt) between the master time (t M) and the slave time (t S) is determined in the slave, characterized in that, a time fraction (Δt 1) of the time offset (Δt) is determined, the time fraction (Δt 1) corresponding to an integer multiple of the predefined cycle duration (t c) of the at least one interrupt, that an interrupt offset (Δt C) is determined from the time fraction (Δt 1) and the time offset (Δt) as difference; that at least one time jump is carried out by a synchronization unit (5.1) in the slave to compensate for the whole time offset (Δt); that a first trigger point in time (t I+1) of the at least one interrupt following the at least one time jump is set in such a way that the first trigger point in time (t I+1) following the at least one time jump is offset by the predefined cycle duration (t C) in relation to the last trigger point in time (t I) prior to the at least one time jump; and that a number of trigger points in time (t I+n) of the at least one interrupt which follow the at least one time jump is temporally shifted by an adaptation duration, the adaptation duration for each trigger point in time (t I+n) of the number of the trigger points in time t( I+n) following the at least one time jump being selected from a time range in such a way that the adaptation duration corresponds at most to the interrupt offset (Δt C) and at most to a predefined temporal deviation (dt), and that the sum of all adaptation durations for the number of the trigger points in time (t I+n) following the at least one time jump corresponds to the interrupt offset (Δt C), taking a predefined tolerance value into consideration. wherein the at least one master predefines a master time (t M) and sends at least one synchronization message with the master time (t M) via the network to the at least one slave, wherein the at least one slave, on which a slave time (t S) is running, uses the synchronization message to adjust the slave time (t S) to the master time (t M) using synchronization, and wherein the at least one slave is an interrupt-capable network device (8', 8") of the network and uses a timer, which accesses the slave time (t S) to generate at least one interrupt, which is repeated at a predefined cycle duration (t C), at a respective trigger point in time (t I) that is synchronized with the slave time (t S), wherein, when a synchronization message arrives, a time offset (Δt) between the master time (t M) and the slave time (t S) is determined in the slave, characterized in that, a time fraction (Δt 1) of the time offset (Δt) is determined, the time fraction (Δt 1) corresponding to an integer multiple of the predefined cycle duration (t c) of the at least one interrupt, that an interrupt offset (Δt C) is determined from the time fraction (Δt 1) and the time offset (Δt) as difference; that at least one time jump is carried out by a synchronization unit (5.1) in the slave to compensate for the whole time offset (Δt); that a first trigger point in time (t I+1) of the at least one interrupt following the at least one time jump is set in such a way that the first trigger point in time (t I+1) following the at least one time jump is offset by the predefined cycle duration (t C) in relation to the last trigger point in time (t I) prior to the at least one time jump; and that a number of trigger points in time (t I+n) of the at least one interrupt which follow the at least one time jump is temporally shifted by an adaptation duration, the adaptation duration for each trigger point in time (t I+n) of the number of the trigger points in time t( I+n) following the at least one time jump being selected from a time range in such a way that the adaptation duration corresponds at most to the interrupt offset (Δt C) and at most to a predefined temporal deviation (dt), and that the sum of all adaptation durations for the number of the trigger points in time (t I+n) following the at least one time jump corresponds to the interrupt offset (Δt C), taking a predefined tolerance value into consideration.