It was accurate. I was right there using Android UTC time application. Also about the leap-second on July 1st, this will allow revealing whether Samsung just did a 15-second offset hack to get around Google bug 5485 (that makes non-Samsung Android phones currently 15 seconds fast), or if really they tweaked firmware to derive utc-disciplined data rather than gps.
Cheers, Chris On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 20:46, Jim Palfreyman <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi folks, > > Ignoring the travesty of a lyric change on John Lennon's classic song, did > anyone check to see if the clock countdown in Times Square was actually > accurate? > > In times gone past countdowns have been notoriously off (worst I saw was a > tv personality using his own watch and it was 25 seconds out). > > Oh and why we're at it here is my worst time-nut story... > > Pulled up in a "Loading Zone 8-6pm" at 18:00:10. Got out, came back 4 > minutes later to find a parking officer giving me a ticket. > > Me: "Look at the time (showing my watch) - it's 6:04" > > Him: "Not by my watch" (which said 5:59 at that point). > > Me (massive sarcasm voice): "So. Let me get this straight. Despite > worldwide time standards keeping clocks accurate to billionths of a second > and costing millions of dollars, all that is now been binned and we now > keep world official time by your watch. Is that right?". > > Him: "Bu..." > > Me (interrupting and pulling out mobile): "Let's listen to the national > time standard shall we?" (I dial and put on speaker - his watch is a good > solid 5 minutes slow). > > Him: Walks off screwing up ticket. > > The sheer arrogance of the "Not by my watch" comment irks me to this day. > > Jim > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
