When do they adjust the "atomic clock" signals?

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We have one of those "atomic clocks" that recieves a signal from NBS in Colorado. It is now Monday Nov 2 and the clock hasnt reset itself to EST. WTF? do I gotta do that **** myself?. THey sold this POS as "never needs adjusting" "Its always 0.0001 seconds from true time" (or about that).

Never lets you down. Well, Its been 2 days since EDT has ended and the goddam thing is still an hour off. Cmon, was there a budget cut on the master clock? Did they hock the cesium xl?

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@farmerman,

Maybe you need to push the button to start synchronizing.

Take a look here atomic clock

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nope, I synchronized the clock on purchase and theres a "null" for whenever I change a battery (No new synchro needed).

OY, am I verhootzed.

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@farmerman,

My atomic clock adjusted for mountain time right on Sunday morning as it should. So did my alarm clock.

Last year, they changed a week early because of the change in switch date by the government. Didn't happen this year.

BBB

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@farmerman,

Maybe they still consider time to be relevant to navagation, and stick with the Greenwich relationship. Unless there's such a thing as Greenwich Daylight Savings. . . .

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@roger,

Rogar is right the mother country must stay above the fray.

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@farmerman,

Atomic clocks are so 20th century. Get a GPS receiver; its clock will have similar precision.

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On a more serious note, farmerman: what happens when you reboot the clock -- take out the batteries, put them back in, and let it reset?

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@Thomas,

Yeah! I sure ain't gonna have any adams on my wrist!

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@roger,

What about the stars, the sun and the moon. Can't we tell time the old way. And for that matter does time really have matter?

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Does anybody really know what time it is?

Does anybody care?

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@Thomas,

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Atomic clocks are so 20th century. Get a GPS receiver; its clock will have similar precision

THats ok if you wanna hve a GPS hanging on the wall? They dont have a particularly large face unless you get a marine unit with a plotter which can cost ohhhh, about 750 and up.
Atomic clocks are now made which look just like old Seth Thomas regulator clocks.

Also- when you change the battery, all one does is to punch the 'Time zone" button and it sets itself. You shouldnt screw with it any further.

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@farmerman,

HA! answered my own question. Apparently the clock reset itself around noon today (I think). We cool.

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@farmerman,

I hadn't realized you don't have your own atomic clock. Just some regular clock that talks with one on the radio.

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@Ticomaya,

Ticomaya wrote:

Does anybody really know what time it is?

You mean, now?

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@Thomas,

All of my atoms are otherwise unavailable . We dont utilize them for something as prosaic as a "clock".

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@farmerman,

Mine did. I wanted to watch it but I fell asleep.

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@akaMechsmith,

I'm still waiting for my clock to reset itself. It 's never taken this long before.

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