which clock to go by?

[mollykins]

All of the clocks in my house are slightly different which should we go by?

Is the computer clock set by a satellite or when its made or something? So unless the thing that sets it brakes, that'll be the most accurate.

[redman41]

Up here on my Sheep Farm in Wales I have to use a Sun Dial as we are not connected to modern technology. On days when there's no Sun we just have to guess, and unfortunately we ended up having Xmas Day on April 1st. :-)

[mollykins]

lol redman, i thought that greenwich mean time would be the most accurate but we'd have to turn the computer on to see what it is, even if we set a clock to a certain time, after a few days its different to what it should be.

Errrr, we msut have chnaged our clocks, doesn't the whole of britain? even though we are east of the meridian?

[Dodger666]

As I understand it the clocks on digital TV stations are a second or two slow due to delay in transmitting the digital signal. If you tune two TVs into the same programme and one is digital and the other analogue you can hear the time delay in the spoken dialogue.

Download an accurate screen saver of your choice from here:-

http://www.beeks.eu/

[mollykins]

thanks dodger, but when i need it most, is in the morning to tell if i still have time to cycle to school, but one clock will say 8.15, another 8.10 and another 8.08 and another 8.12

[redman41]

The clock on your Computer should be accurate molly if you have it on then

[bobjugs12]

I always base my time keeping on the which clock suits me best. If it's the clock in my office thats slightly late thats what I use for arriving to, if it's the clock thats about 5 minutes early, that one tells me home-time

[Dodger666]

Molly, you need one of these.

http://www.aceselectr...k/section.php?xSec=16

or something similar.

[mollykins]

hhmmmm, the thing is, the computer clock will be the msot accurate, but its rarely turned on in the mornings, before i set off for school and any other clock that is set by it soon gets out of sync.

[bobjugs12]

Molly, you actually need one of these:

http://images.google....sa%3DX%26tbs%3Disch:1

You'll never be late again!

[redcrx]

just go by the TV teletext time

[4candles]

This free app

http://download.cnet....219820.html?tag=mncol

will keep your PC clock right.

[Dodger666]

Molly, it's clearly evident you don't want to spend any of your cash on a new clock. The best I can suggest is put your radio on, assuming you have one, and they will usually give out regular time checks. When you hear the time, check one of your many inaccurate clocks and see how fast, or slow, it is and then go by that.

Failing that dial 123 and listen to the speaking clock, it is now correct to within five thousandths of a second. Is that accurate enough for you?