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From: jesse@altos86.Altos.COM ( Jesse Chisholm)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.wanted,alt.sources.d
Subject: Standard Time via Modems
Keywords: dialup, Naval Observatory, cesium clock
Message-ID: <4732@altos86.Altos.COM>
Date: 13 Feb 91 01:52:16 GMT
Reply-To: jesse@altos86.UUCP (Acer - Jesse Chisholm)
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Organization: Altos Computer Systems, San Jose, CA
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I don't recall which post asked for this information, I hope the
person who asked sees this post.

One way to get the current timestamp from the standards people,
is to have your computer call

	1-202-653-1079 at 1200 baud, 7 bits, even parity, 1 stop bit
or	1-202-653-0351 at 1200 baud, 7 bits, even parity, 1 stop bit

I am told that this number will spew the Universal Coordinated Time
for 60 seconds on a simple ASCII format.  You will want to
verify the format, but what I was told is essentially:

	printf("%d\n%s\n%02d:%02d:%02d.%03d\n",
		julian_day, day_of_week, hours, minutes,
		seconds, milli_seconds);

with the milliseconds accurate to plus or minus .4 millisecs

DISCLAIMER:  I have not tried this yet.  I was told about it by
the system administrator at the Annapolis Naval Base.

Hope it works for you.

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