[Novalug] OT? : &^%&(*$# "atomic" time (fwd)

Bonnie Dalzell bdalzell@qis.net
Sun Mar 8 14:48:28 EDT 2009


On Sun, 8 Mar 2009, Beartooth wrote:

> On Sun, 8 Mar 2009, Gregory Maxwell wrote:
>
>> All this lovely atomic time sync stuff only serves to let you
>> know the exact UTC time.
>>
>> From this you can determine the exact local time if and only if
>> you have the proper DST converstion tables.
>>
>> Unfortunately the DST time change days were changed a year or
>> two ago, so you probably just have devices with old firmware.
>>
>> Every single clock around here correctly changed. I would have
>> missed the fact that DST happened were it not for your message.
>
> 	Yes, we discovered last year that one clock still wanted
> to change on the old date -- and got rid of it. I suppose the two
> watches that disagree with the computer are pulling the same
> trick -- oddly enough, inasmuch as both are new since this
> abomination last surfaced.
>
> 	But where are these GPSs getting the five-minute
> variances?? Their need to be right, to the umpteenth decimal, is
> much greater than mine to know if dawn, or pouring time, is near.

My husband - who is the GPS geek around here suggests that your GPS's 
if they are inside the house may not be getting a good signal.

>
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