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onesixone

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• Nov 11, 2004

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does anyone know of a PC desktop clock that is reliable and gives the official time? I have been using the clock on Time.gov which is great, but it crashes about 50 times a day and I have to keep refreshing the page...its becoming a pain in the neck.

any suggestions much appreciated

ta

 

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L'Escargot

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• Nov 11, 2004

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You could try downloading the atomic clock syncronisation program free from:

http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_download.asp?fid=16627&fileidx=1

This will automatically syncronise your computer clock once a day.

 

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Mayfly

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• Nov 11, 2004

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Try this: http://www.worldtimeserver.com/atomic-clock/

Mayfly

 

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JonnyT

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• Nov 11, 2004

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I recommend www.rocketsoftware.com and there free personal client.

I've been using it for years without any problems.

JonnyT

 

jmreeve

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• Nov 11, 2004

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An accurate online UTC clock is available:
http://www.bipm.fr/en/scientific/tai/time_server.html

The best PC synchroniser I have used is available here:
http://www.thinkman.com/dimension4/index.htm

A reliable SNTP server is available at 158.43.128.66

 

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onesixone

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• Nov 11, 2004

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excellent, thats great. thanks a lot for the replies, c yaz out there !

 

JTrader

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• Nov 12, 2004

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Hi

the split second accuracy of my PC's clock is not something that I had considered.

Have downloaded and installed the free edition of an atomic clock - rockettime - from http://www.rocketsoftware.com/portfolio/rockettime/free.htm - as suggested by JonnyT and it works well. My PC was 15.3 seconds fast last night. Ten hours later it is 1.3 seconds fast - so it is a worthwhile trading aid - especially around economic news releases - :-0 .

I love precision tools!

Cheers

jtrader.

 

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robber

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• Nov 12, 2004

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slightly off topic but if you want a world time display on your desktop for various zones qclock is great;

http://www.qlock.com/


Neil

 

JTrader

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• Nov 12, 2004

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My PC clock has just gained 1.2 seconds in 1.5 hours. Best set rockettime to update/correct the time automatically every 2 hours.