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From: hayes!tnixon@uunet.uu.net (Toby Nixon)
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Subject: Re: Spring Ahead, Fall Behind
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Date: 5 Nov 90 18:45:41 GMT
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The Naval Observatory digital time service (modem access) can be
reached on +1 202 653 0351.  Access is 1200bps (Bell 212), 7 data
bits, even parity, 1 stop bit.  It outputs information in the format:

	jjjjj nnn hhmmss UTC

where "jjjjj" is the Julian date, "nnn" is the day of the current
year, "hhmmss" is the current time (Coordinated Universal Time).  I'm
sure most folks know how to calculate local time from this, and could
write a quick little program to place the call, do the calculation,
and set the clock.

One very nice program (I believe the one referred to in the original
article in this thread) that will place calls to this number and
automatically set the system clock on a variety of IBM PC-compatible
systems is "Professional TIMESET" by Dr. Peter Petrakis of Life
Sciences Editorial Services, 1236 River Bay Road, Annapolis MD 21401.
It's a shareware program ($35 individuals, $75 institutions), that
comes with excellent documentation and several support programs.  I
downloaded it from Compuserve.


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