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Re: Caller ID TIME For Setting Time on Regular Pots Analog Phones

Steven Lichter (shlichter@diespammers.com)
Wed, 26 Oct 2005 01:08:06 GMT

pmettes@gmail.com wrote:

> Where does the time come from that analog handsets use to set their
> clock? My company's time is off by 2 min and I can verify that its
> getting the time from somewhere but where?

> I can prove it is getting the time from somewhere by setting it 1 hour
> off and calling it with my cell phone, and watching it get set again,
> problem is, its off by 2 min.

> - Thanks

> [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: The time comes from a clock in the
> central office serving the phone. That two minutes difference most
> likely is an accumulation of a few seconds here and there over the
> several months since daylight time went into effect. Our time of day
> here comes from the Southwestern Bell central office in Independence
> which tends to 'drift' a little bit regularly. When Standard Time
> returns in the next week or so, the clock setting will get set to
> almost perfect. I say 'almost' because your caller ID device is not
> intended as any sort of time standard. PAT]

You're right it does come from the switches master clock, but if it is
off, then they are not running their updates each night to the NBS or
like clock.

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