posted on February 16, 2003 01:30:48 PM new
Years ago, we used to be able to call a telephone number and get the exact correct time (and the temperature outside, too!). Apparently that isn't possible anymore.
Every clock in our house is on slightly different time, depending on whether we've set it by one of our watches or by when TV shows start, or whatever.
Is the PST time Ebay gives accurate? Is there anywhere else a person can go to get the correct time?
posted on February 16, 2003 01:41:47 PM new
Go to th US Naval Observatory site. This is **THE** Official time by which everyone else sets their clocks.
http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/time.html
or
http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/cgi-bin/timer.pl
posted on February 16, 2003 05:23:14 PM new
If you have a shortwave receiver, tune to 5, 10, 15, or 20 mhz. These are the frequencies for WWV (Ft. Collins Colorado) and WWVH (Hawaii). The time and frequency readings are the official readings for the National Bureau of Standards and are considered official by the U.S. Government. The time signals are UCT (GMT) and can be easily converted to your time zone.
The light at the end of the tunnel will turn out to be an oncoming train.
posted on February 16, 2003 05:49:12 PM new
I have not found eBay time to be accurate.
A great place (and utility) for accurate time is 'http://www.worldtimeserver.com/'
There you can get the atomic clock utility, that will not only give you the correct time but also provide you with a manual or automatic way that will keep your PC clock accurate.
posted on February 17, 2003 09:14:52 AM new
Thanks sapington, I was amazes to find out how accurate my watch is. I bought a Seiko on UBid.com about 6 months ago. I changed the time at the end of daysaving. Have never touched it since. Was right to the minute!!
posted on February 17, 2003 10:39:58 AM newRoadsmith
I don't know where you live, but here in sunny, warm San Diego we still have the number for correct time. As a matter of fact, it's been around so long that I still think of it as UL3-1212 instead of 853-1212. I remember when I was a kid there was a used car dealer who advertised on Los Angeles stations, and he always gave his number as "Richmond 9-XXXX--that's RI9-XXXX". That was around the mid-60's, and very few places still used letters at that time. Gosh, I remember when California had only 3 or 4 area codes!!! (REALLY showing my advanced age here!)
posted on February 17, 2003 01:12:14 PM new
don't feel bad. my favorite thing to collect is clocks. in a one bedroom loft apartment we have 8 clocks plus the tv's, vcrs and computer...no 2 have the same time and we just deal with it....why be accurate?
posted on February 17, 2003 09:55:33 PM new
I use rocket time. It is a utility that downloads to my computer and sinc's up with ackground synchronization keeps your PC in sync with U.S. government-maintained atomic clocks at intervals you specify. I think I have been using it for about 2 years now. Works well, no hang ups no conflicts, no hidden downloaded files ie spyware etc. I really like it.
