Which Time to follow

**cutedoc** · August 9th, 2006 01:12 AM

advance watch ko ng 15 min, late pa din ako hehehe

so what i do,by and by i adjust my clock to either right time, plus 5 or plus 10 or plus 15, so whatever errand i need to do, i make an allowance of how many minutes just to make sure, tipong dinadaya ko sarili ko, hehehe

**Jun aka Pekto** · August 9th, 2006 07:52 AM

At home, Local Time. At work, Zulu Time/GMT/UTC because that's the time all raw weather observations and forecasts are in.

We keep our time updated via US Navy Atomic Clock:

http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/what.html

**StraightSix** · August 9th, 2006 08:51 AM

PAGASA's clock is Rubidium-based, so it should be accurate. The displayed time on the website might be using a different one and not directly referring to the atomic clock, thus the need for updates.

**Jun aka Pekto** · August 9th, 2006 09:27 AM

Originally Posted by StraightSix

he displayed time on the website might be using a different one and not directly referring to the atomic clock, thus the need for updates.

If you mean the Atomic Clock, you have to hit the browser refresh because it updates every second. When we update the times on our instruments, we pick a time a bit advanced from the current time and set it when the Atomic Clock reaches that time. Time hacks can take a while because of all the pc's, servers, and instruments/sensors.

**skyglider** · August 9th, 2006 11:03 AM

check it at www.worldtimezone.com

it's accurate...

**niky** · August 9th, 2006 02:16 PM

Haha... my watch is still synchronized to the USN site... I set it to the site months ago!

I love my Seiko Kinetic. Best damn watch in the universe.

**empy** · August 9th, 2006 03:03 PM

my rule of thumb is to follow the time on my boss's clock

para walang sabit.

incidentally, that clock (and all the clocks in the building and on our computers) are synchronized to world time...

**the_noise** · August 9th, 2006 05:11 PM

Originally Posted by M54 Powered

my rule of thumb is to follow the time on my boss's clock

para walang sabit.

incidentally, that clock (and all the clocks in the building and on our computers) are synchronized to world time...

Ako din ganito hehe

**StraightSix** · August 9th, 2006 08:01 PM

Originally Posted by Jun aka Pekto

If you mean the Atomic Clock, you have to hit the browser refresh because it updates every second. When we update the times on our instruments, we pick a time a bit advanced from the current time and set it when the Atomic Clock reaches that time. Time hacks can take a while because of all the pc's, servers, and instruments/sensors.

Jun, 2 minutes pa rin difference with the other atomic clocks even if you refresh the browser. When m2 mentioned the possibility that the website needs to be updated, the thought that came to my mind was that PAGASA's server might not be linked/interfaced to their atomic clock, because it wouldn't need manual corrections if it is ... sorta like consumer clocks with built-in receivers to sync with the NIST atomic clock.

Originally Posted by niky

Haha... my watch is still synchronized to the USN site... I set it to the site months ago!

I love my Seiko Kinetic. Best damn watch in the universe.

Same here, hehe. My Seiko averages 2-3 seconds of error per year, as I periodically compare it (since the 80's) to Japan's JJY and the US WWV Atomic clocks, which are btw, broadcast transmitters where you can calibrate your time, frequency (great for instrument calibration), etc.

Still, the best time reference is what M54 posted ... Haven't had a boss who gives a crap about atomic clocks

**Jun aka Pekto** · August 9th, 2006 08:45 PM

Originally Posted by StraightSix

Jun, 2 minutes pa rin difference with the other atomic clocks even if you refresh the browser.

I'm not quite sure which website you're referring to. But, the USN time and that world time website seems to match from my end. Both had 04:48am at the time of the sscreencap.

No big deal, really. I'm off for the next 2 days. I've turned all my alarm clocks off.