On 9 Feb, 11:52, "David J Taylor" <[email protected] bit.and-this-part.co.uk.invalid> wrote: > "cc" <[email protected]> wrote in message > > news:fc3f6bee-dc69-44ec-8525-0cdac516f...@g28g2000yqh.googlegroups.com... > [] > > > I wouldn't have thought so either and given that they all trace back > > to GPS it isn't likely either but it made me consider the natioanal > > security / financial implications of setting your national clock 10ms > > ahead of where everyone else thinks it is. > > > Chris. > > I suspect they all trace back to their own atomic clocks, which gives a > good frequency reference, and then they adjust the phase to all be in > sync. These days I would guess that GPS is used for the phase (time) > sync. There are others on this list who know far more about this than I > do, though. > > So if your loan is 10ms overdue, how much extra interest might you get? > <G> > > Cheers, > David
I was thinking more along the lines of a stock market open times / trade times. Chris. _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions
