A co-worker has a three clocks that set the time using the GPS or "Atomic" time signals. Last week he says that on May 18, one of the clocks displayed the date as August 6, instead of being May 18. The display is M/D, and showed 8/6 instead of 5/18.
The clock had a sync signal and this date only lasted one day, on May 19 the clock date reset properly. The other two clocks, one of the same brand, and one different brand, were both unaffected.
I don't know how the automatic setting clocks work, he said there is a signal that bounces around with the perfect correct time on it.
Those clocks use a radio signal to synch-up automatically.
It can be interference on that radio band, which is unlikely but possible. It could also be the 2 AA-batteries used are almost spent, and they are just low enough to drop that signal connection.
Check-replace the batteries, and clean the contacts on clock.
These 3 clocks are not using batteries. He converted them to a 3V wall plug rather than replacing batteries, by soldering the 3v directly to the battery contact wires.
Power did not go out, because other clocks that were plugged in did not lose power or reset, and neither did these clocks.
Only one of the atomic time clocks had the incorrect date. This one was the north most location, but also closest to his computer setup. Although his computer can use wifi, it uses ethernet most of the time.
Apparently this was also the week after the big solar storms, which didn't produce any change in behavior of the clocks, just that one day a week later, which he doesn't think had any big events like the week before.
Noticed about 8am on May 18, and didn't reset prior to 8pm on May 18, no true time of when the change back to the correct date happened, just that on May 19 at 8am it was back to the correct time and date.
The clocks do not have any information as to operation, just that they sync from time to time and show when synced, which they indicated for that day, but that symbol could indicate a signal has been received within the last 24 hours, or some other given time frame, not that the time is second by second accurate.
The clocks themselves gain or lose about 5 seconds per week he estimates, which makes it hard to see day by day when the sync happened.
On a lark, I asked if he had any run-ins with the law, and he denies being on any lists. Did not have any out of the ordinary outside activity before 8am.
The majority verdict here at work is that the computer sent some signal for some reason, but the counter point to that is random computer noise or wifi would be very hard for it to create the exact signal needed to keep the time accurate but change the date.
The second most likely theory, which is my favorite, is that the atomic clock signal had a date glitch for a short time, and that is when this particular clock was syncing, and just managed to grab that glitch. I believe this theory because if the signal at all was corrupted, then the time would almost have to glitch as well, but it was exactly correct.
The funny part is that the date threw him off enough that he almost believed it, although he knew that it was still May, and imagining him sleeping for 3 months is pretty hilarious.
[ - ] Sector2 1 point 11 monthsMay 28, 2024 10:52:42 ago (+1/-0)
There's a radio signal that those clocks use to set their time. Used to have one, but most people use the internet now.
A radio controlled clock has a radio inside, which receives a signal that comes from a place where an atomic clock is located. In the United States, the signals received by radio controlled clocks originate from NIST Radio Station WWVB, which is located near Fort Collins, Colorado.
Jiffy is a bullet point of the Mandala Effect. If you were a kid in the 60’s or early 70’s, you’ll remember Jiffy peanut butter. A kid in the late 70’s and after never heard of Jiffy; to them it was called Jif. Evidence of Jiffy having ever existed is nil, but millions remember it.
One guy found a late 60’s menu from a restaurant that sold a Jiffy Burger. The menu had a cartoon of a Jiffy Jar wielding a butter knife. It’s the only evidence ever uncovered that Jiffy was real.
The radio controlled perpetual calendar watch I wear on wrist every day has the correct date today. It always has the correct date, and time for that matter.
[ + ] KosherHiveKicker
[ - ] KosherHiveKicker 4 points 11 monthsMay 28, 2024 10:58:59 ago (+4/-0)
It can be interference on that radio band, which is unlikely but possible. It could also be the 2 AA-batteries used are almost spent, and they are just low enough to drop that signal connection.
Check-replace the batteries, and clean the contacts on clock.
[ + ] localsal
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These 3 clocks are not using batteries. He converted them to a 3V wall plug rather than replacing batteries, by soldering the 3v directly to the battery contact wires.
Power did not go out, because other clocks that were plugged in did not lose power or reset, and neither did these clocks.
Only one of the atomic time clocks had the incorrect date. This one was the north most location, but also closest to his computer setup. Although his computer can use wifi, it uses ethernet most of the time.
Apparently this was also the week after the big solar storms, which didn't produce any change in behavior of the clocks, just that one day a week later, which he doesn't think had any big events like the week before.
Noticed about 8am on May 18, and didn't reset prior to 8pm on May 18, no true time of when the change back to the correct date happened, just that on May 19 at 8am it was back to the correct time and date.
The clocks do not have any information as to operation, just that they sync from time to time and show when synced, which they indicated for that day, but that symbol could indicate a signal has been received within the last 24 hours, or some other given time frame, not that the time is second by second accurate.
The clocks themselves gain or lose about 5 seconds per week he estimates, which makes it hard to see day by day when the sync happened.
On a lark, I asked if he had any run-ins with the law, and he denies being on any lists. Did not have any out of the ordinary outside activity before 8am.
The majority verdict here at work is that the computer sent some signal for some reason, but the counter point to that is random computer noise or wifi would be very hard for it to create the exact signal needed to keep the time accurate but change the date.
The second most likely theory, which is my favorite, is that the atomic clock signal had a date glitch for a short time, and that is when this particular clock was syncing, and just managed to grab that glitch. I believe this theory because if the signal at all was corrupted, then the time would almost have to glitch as well, but it was exactly correct.
The funny part is that the date threw him off enough that he almost believed it, although he knew that it was still May, and imagining him sleeping for 3 months is pretty hilarious.
[ + ] glooper
[ - ] glooper 1 point 11 monthsMay 28, 2024 11:22:02 ago (+1/-0)
Some big write ups about it in the war nerd circles.
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One guy found a late 60’s menu from a restaurant that sold a Jiffy Burger. The menu had a cartoon of a Jiffy Jar wielding a butter knife. It’s the only evidence ever uncovered that Jiffy was real.
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