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the NTP network (click to show current
status).
Web Time
Many, if not most, Web servers synchronize their clocks with
a network of
atomic clocks. This server usually maintains the correct time to
within a few seconds from this network. Some do much better.
See Webserver Stats for a histogram of
Webserver time.
By using a JavaScript function in HTML, it is possible to discover what
date and time a PC is set to. The following graph shows typical errors
for a number of PCs:
Differences between browser time and this server's time
A number of time servers are available to the public for setting their clocks.
Your ISP may operate such a time server, and should be checked first. If not,
you may connect to a public server.
For more information about setting your computer's clock, see
Some GPS (Global Positioning System) thought it was 6 January 1980
again, including many in Japanese luxury cars.
Certain GPS equipment may require a software
upgrade to handle time after 21 August 1999.
Embedded Systems and the Year 2000 Problem
- Many Embedded Systems (industrial process controllers, automotive systems,
etc.) are overdesigned and use Real-Time-Clock chips or software
unecessarily. They are thus vulnerable to Y2K and related rollover problems.
Y2K38 - 18 January 2038
The 32-bit time bug. Certain operating systems and hardware may think it's
1970 again.
This has all happened before. In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII dropped
ten days from the calendar, sparking riots. Some countries did
not adopt the Gregorian Calendar for many years; Turkey in 1827.
If your power goes out this year, it may not be a Y2K glitch,
it may be a solar flare induced failure. See
Space Storms Affect Life on Earth
(NASA),
Sunspot Cycle Predictions for background,
The Space Weather Bureau for current
forecasts. A previous solar storm in March 1989 knocked out power for
9 hours in Canada and the US.
Satellite systems, including telecommunications and navigation, may also
be affected.
Humour: Burger Counter Rollover
The McDonalds "burgers sold" counter will rollover from 99 billion
to zero, causing the collapse of the fast-food industry and civilisation
as we know it ...
read on ...., also
here.
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