Can you explain why US official time is about 8 minutes different from Internet time even though the source for both measures is the National Institute of Standards and Technology?
2007-11-02 06:47:15 · 12 answers · asked by Starte Christ 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
It isn't.
I think you need to adjust either your clocks or your computer.
World time (which covers things like US time, internet time, etc) is all based on Greenwich Mean Time, and is standardized globally.
2007-11-02 06:50:43 · answer #1 · answered by Stuart 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There are three atomic clocks that are in different places in the US and they are linked into each other so that the time that they give is correct to a millionth of a second. GPS time does not equal the same because of the lag that the signal has to follow because the GPS satellites are moving and the synchronization rate is slightly off.
I have never heard of an official Internet time, the time that you see mail being delivered is from the server that they come from, and if that clock is wrong, then so is all the email that it sends out.
Check out the website below to view the atomic clock time in the USA as well as UTC. It will show the error rate to your computer.
2007-11-02 06:54:42 · answer #2 · answered by Apachejohn 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
WWV standards on Radio (Remember that old-fashioned device?) give the correct time with minimal delay. Computer clocks are cheap, not thought-out and generally poor time-keepers in spite of the stupid sick tech within. Its your computer's time-keeping system that sucks, and moreover can get tapped by spy-systems. Internet DOES have a time-system based upon WWV and the related World Standard time-keeping methods (CHU Canada is also part of this system) called Coordinated Universal Time. If you have an old-fashiioned radio that covers Short-Wave, tune to 15.000 MHZ day, and either 5.000 or 10.000 MHZ at nite. the tone and announcement are every minute: ticks and tones every second.
Paul S. in CT
2013-12-28 16:51:42 · answer #3 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure what you're asking here. There is no "US Official time", nor is there such thing as "Internet time".
As far as I know, time is measured/kept track of based on mutual agreements/standards. There are several sites that will synchronize the clock in YOUR computer to this "official" time.
If you synch up with one, you're good to go. If you see something on a website the tells the time you submitted something and it doesn't match the time on YOUR clock, it's likely that the clock on the site's server is wrong.
2007-11-02 06:58:47 · answer #4 · answered by elbakrameR 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-15 14:19:40 · answer #5 · answered by seeley 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is the internet, 8 minutes slower? Maybe it's some or of delay, like live radio is always on delay so it can be filtered first.
2007-11-02 06:56:01 · answer #6 · answered by BluGrrl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm going to tell you something that I usually get paid a lot of money for. You have to promise not to tell anyone what I'm about to tell you. "Change the time on your computer" If you tell anyone what I've told you I will never answer any of your questions again. For free.
2007-11-02 06:58:59 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Define what you mean by "internet time."
2007-11-02 06:49:52 · answer #8 · answered by Matt H. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's no such thing as "internet time"
2007-11-03 03:02:16 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's a really good question...I call it a people error...someone must have messed it up...
2007-11-02 06:51:01 · answer #10 · answered by flipxxxflop 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋