[time-nuts] What time is it anyway?

Peter Vince pvince at theiet.org
Sun Mar 28 09:38:49 UTC 2010


I think that is the BIPM (http://www.bipm.org/en/home/) in association
with the IERS (http://hpiers.obspm.fr/)

Peter


On 28 March 2010 10:29, Steve Rooke <sar10538 at gmail.com> wrote:
> What puzzles me is who is the keeper of "legal time" for the other
> 93.4% of land mass and 95.5% of population of the World other than the
> US.
>
> On 28 March 2010 04:49, David Forbes <dforbes at dakotacom.net> wrote:
>> At 11:11 AM -0400 3/27/10, Bob Camp wrote:
>>>
>>> I would bet that if you went deep enough into the details, that the Army
>>> at some point was less than enthusiastic about having to ask the Navy when
>>> ever they wanted to know what time it was.
>>
>> My guess is that the Army just asked Western Union, who asked the Navy.
>>
>> --
>>
>> --David Forbes, Tucson, AZ
>> http://www.cathodecorner.com/
>>
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> Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV & G8KVD
> A man with one clock knows what time it is;
> A man with two clocks is never quite sure.
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