On Wednesday 22 August 2018 05:20:11 andy pugh wrote: > On Wed, 22 Aug 2018 at 10:13, Bruce Layne <linux...@thinkingdevices.com> wrote: > > As long as ntp.org is available, I won't miss WWVB. > > But around 50 million users of radio-controlled clocks and > wristwatches will. > > It sounds like your clocks didn't synch to radio properly, isn't DST > mode part of the signal?
Yes. And I, if I had any of them, would have yelled at the clock people for a firmware update so it did obey the wwvb signals. The spec is public. > (I know that WWVB transmits UTC and clocks apply local corrections, > but I also thought that DST was a tag in the code) > MSF60 in the UK broadcasts local time, either GMT or BST. > > Personally I think that all DST should be abolished, it amounts to > lying about the time of day. > If you don't like the time of sunrise and sunset then get up earlier > or later. +1 -- Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
