radio clock messed up?

[ColJack]

my radio control clock currently reads 10:13.. and it's 13:13 really.. think they messed up the time signal?

 

[mikeyd]

Easy fix, just move to Greenland.

Mine is OK, just reset it to make sure. Does yours have a time zone setting which might be set wrong?

 

[^woody^]

These don't get a continuous signal so I doubt it was altered by a time signal.

It should reset next time it tunes in, or can you do a manual set or manual tune into the atomic time signal?

 

[ColJack]

sid the signal was locked.. it's a digital clock so it's not like the thing stopped for 3 hours..it was just 3 hours out..

set it manually for now.. I'll see how it goes tonight when it synch up again..

 

[disinfo]

I find mine goes a bit random when I've had my mobile phone next to it.

Nearly got me into bother a few times, have the phone alarm set as a backup now.

 

[conny]

Buy a Smiths wind up one with a black dial and luminous hands you techno freaks!

 

[Steve]

we have a radio controlled clock at work. always love arguing with staff that their watches are wrong, that clock is spot on and always will be. their watches are always like 4 minutes fast, so they try to make me shut the shop early.

 

[conny]

their watches are always like 4 minutes fast, so they try to make me shut the shop early.

Which means they must be 4 minutes late each morning!

 

[ColJack]

so you're no good at temporal mechanics then?

4 mins fast means they get there at what they think is 09:00 but it's really only 08:56.. so 4 mins early..

 

[333rocky333]

Coljack, bit off topic.
I see you are in West midlands and you asked someone in northamptonshire about work.
Is northhampton near you as I MAY know of some permanent electrical work in that area.
I will send you a PM if you are interested

 

[ColJack]

it's about 70 miles from me, so a bit far to drive every day.. thanks anyway..

I was asking i the other thread because he asked if anyone wanted some work but didn't specify what work..

 

[conny]

4 mins fast means they get there at what they think is 09:00 but it's really only 08:56.. so 4 mins early..

Quite right Coljack, no excuses I didn't think correctly before I posted.

 

[tim west]

Its the old ruse, put the watch back so you say to the boss that you are on time then put it fast so you can complain its hometime

 

[^woody^]

Well, you don't want to be late twice in a day do you

 

[Steve]

Its the old ruse, put the watch back so you say to the boss that you are on time then put it fast so you can complain its hometime

Back when we had the old digital clocks on the cigarette gantrys, the staff would fiddle these (very easy to change). I always wore a watch back then, as I knew that was right. But we dont have these old clocks anymore, just the radio controlled analogue clock.