O.T. For those of you staying up late, a tool.

greenbeanman in Kansas · Nov 1, 2009

For those of you staying up late in order to reset your clocks---in case you haven't gotten one of those that is set by signal, the link below is for the U.S. Naval Observatory with the master clock.

My apologies to those not in any of those time zones.

I find my computer clock to be 5 seconds fast. Now if I only had a good watch to reset. Asked for decent watch (Timex or otherwise) for Christmas. Will Santa come though? Will I be good enough for him to stop by?
U.S. Naval Observatory Master Clock and time site.

Tom671 · Nov 1, 2009

I did not stay up late, I just woke up too early.

Unruh · Nov 1, 2009

How come my "atomic" clock is a minute faster than the naval clock?

Wilson · Nov 1, 2009

It's the lint in your navel slowing the works

rrlund · Nov 1, 2009

Speaking of that,we've got one of those that resets itself now and again by radio signal or something. I hope they have the bugs out of that this year. Since they changed the date for when we reset the clocks,that thing will reset itself to the incorrect time every few days for a while. So far so good this year though.

ScottyHOMeY · Nov 1, 2009

Another couple tricks.

My cell phone draws its time display from the system, and it tripped over just three seconds ahead of the clock on your link. I attribute the difference to time lost in the routing of my DSL.

I also checked the cell a few times against the number that we always called in the DC area for the time. It always used to be the Naval Observatory, (202) 844-2525. I think Verizon may have taken it over, as the voice changed on it a few years back. They give a time with a tone every ten seconds. The cell tripped over exactly on their tone. Might be dumb luck, as there's no reason I can come up with that digital voice-line routers should make any less delay than the DSL routers.

Oh, well, that's another source for a better-than-reasonably-accurate time

redtom · Nov 1, 2009

Why would you stay up to set your clock back? Just set it back when you go to bed!

ScottyHOMeY · Nov 1, 2009

That's cheating.

greenbeanman in Kansas · Nov 1, 2009

I have a fairly new VCR that receives its signal to reset via PBS over broadcast television signal.

Of course the problem is that there is no longer an analog signal broadcast for it to reset by. Yep, twice a year now I have to reset it manually even though I have digital signal routed through it to my stereo receiver then on to the television.

T_Bone · Nov 1, 2009

Hi greenbeanman,

If your using time sensitive info from the internet, like stock quotes, besure to turn off automatic MS time updates or the info will be severely delayed at most times.

You can turn this feature on/off by clicking on the clock then options.

By leaving it off, my stock quotes glitch for a few seconds, sometimes minutes, several times a day to "catch up" with live quotes.

I've had several internet stock brokers over the years, delay the quotes when the market is making a large point move so they can make more money off the trade.

Without auto clock updates, my puter keeps time with-in a minute over a 3mth period.

I found that my trades are more exact while using this above method.

T_Bone

Anonymous-0 · Nov 1, 2009

How can my auto setting clock be 6 min. fast, and my auto clock radio be 9 min. fast. They both worked fine for a month or so then the race started, been steady for the last year. It took a lot of young kids to make me stop trying to set the dang thing! I think the cord must have a knot in it I'll check that now.

RayP(MI) · Nov 1, 2009

My atomic watch is right bang on - check it with WWV (national burea of standards broadcast station, regularly. Always matches!)

Even corrected for daylight non-savings time last nite.

old bc · Nov 1, 2009

Here is a better clock. You may have to update or install Java to make it work.
Clock

greygoat · Nov 2, 2009

Darn..that's just too easy! I'd rather fire up
the old Hallicrafters Sky-Buddy 8 tube short
wave radio, and look for station WWV, amung all
of the whistles, static and morse code, and get
diverted listening to exotic forign stations,
until the wife hollers: "goat!, are you going to
set those clocks?"

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