ed@dah.sub.org (Ed Braaten) (12/29/90)
jmc@teqsoft.UUCP (Jack Cloninger) writes: >I am posting this for a friend from the SCO Mailing List who does not >have access to this newsgroup (Joe Huffman). Joe was responding to the >following request from another party on the mailing list. The >following is the text of Joe's original posting and the uuencoded and >compressed source for nbs_time.c which sets the local computer time to >the time supplied by a dial-up connection to a Time Standards system. Out of curiosity, I dialed the number (+1 202 653 0351) contained in the source and got the following sent to my terminal at 1200 bps: 48253 362 214838 UTC * 48253 362 214839 UTC * 48253 362 214840 UTC [... etc. at one second intervals ] The question is: does anyone know of a comparable service here on the European continent? Maybe even here in Germany? I know there are radio receivers which do the same, but you need extra equipment. nbs_time.c just requires a modem which we have anyway... Thanks in advance, Ed ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ed Braaten | "... Man looks at the outward appearance, Work: ed@de.intel.com | but the Lord looks at the heart." Home: ed@dah.de.intel.com | 1 Samuel 16:7b -----------------------------------------------------------------------
fac2@dayton.saic.com (Earle Ake) (12/31/90)
In article <4042@dah.sub.org>, ed@dah.sub.org (Ed Braaten) writes: > jmc@teqsoft.UUCP (Jack Cloninger) writes: > >>I am posting this for a friend from the SCO Mailing List who does not >>have access to this newsgroup (Joe Huffman). Joe was responding to the >>following request from another party on the mailing list. The >>following is the text of Joe's original posting and the uuencoded and >>compressed source for nbs_time.c which sets the local computer time to >>the time supplied by a dial-up connection to a Time Standards system. > > Out of curiosity, I dialed the number (+1 202 653 0351) contained > in the source and got the following sent to my terminal at 1200 bps: > > 48253 362 214838 UTC > * > 48253 362 214839 UTC > * > 48253 362 214840 UTC > > [... etc. at one second intervals ] > > The question is: does anyone know of a comparable service here on > the European continent? Maybe even here in Germany? 48253 362 214840 UTC | | | | | + Current GMT time | | | + Day of the year number (28 DEC) | + Number of days past 17 Nov 1858 (a time keeping standard but I can't remember why right now) Earle _____________________________________________________________________________ ____ ____ ___ Earle Ake /___ /___/ / / Science Applications International Corporation ____// / / /__ Dayton, Ohio ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Internet: fac2@dayton.saic.com uucp: dayvb!fac2