zOwie Omega Discussion Forum

: Hard to say. Since you are not using an atomic
: clock DIRECTLY, but are using some kind of
: too to read the time via the Internet or
: other communication channel. So it is hard
: to say what might have been wrong if you
: don't tell us WHICH tool you were using.

: Though a common problem with the hour jumping
: is a mishandling of the time zone.

It was an "Atomic Time" radio controlled clock Model no. RCL-08. It is a small battery operated digital clock. Generally it would work fine. Also, when there were problems, they would fix themselves, that is, if you looked at the clock a few hours later, it would be fine.

What I'm thinking about is the issue of absolute accuracy vs. slightly less accuracy in a quartz clock but with complete reliability. In any case since that atomic clock ceased functioning entirely a few months ago, I've been setting my watches on time.gov. Still I found the behavior puzzeling. I wonder if their transmitter occasionally malfunctions or something like that.

Any comments?

Thanks,
Ed