Wait! WWV and WWVB transmit UTC time codes. There is absolutely no way for either station to 'know' in which time zone your atomic clock is located. So .... How could they correct time for DST???
Enlighten me please 73, Chuck/AA5J At 09:00 PM 3/11/2007, Les Warriner wrote: >Whoops. Yes, they do correct time for DST and standard time. My >clocks, atomic clock controlled, changed at 1 AM EDT by gaining an >hour. My UTC clock did not change - thankfully!!! > >At 04:45 PM 3/11/2007, you wrote: > >>Hello There, >> >>WWV has always gone by UTC. >>UTC has no Daylight Savings Time period. >>They have leap seconds once in awhile. >> >>73 Gary WB6BNE >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Walt DuBose >>To: <mailto:digitalradio@yahoogroups.com>digitalradio@yahoogroups.com >>Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2007 11:09 AM >>Subject: Re: [digitalradio] What's with Boulder? >>Andrew O'Brien wrote: >> > Hmm, not really ham radio related but my atomic clock just leap >> > forward an hour at 11.30PM Eastern Time (USA). Did WWV not have the >> > patience to wait until the official date and time ? >> > >>It changes at sometime after midnight UCT. >>Walt/K5YFW > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.8/718 - Release Date: >3/11/2007 9:27 AM
