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js2 4 hours ago

> WWVB clocks running off the 60KHz pretty much solve the clock problem in the US.

YMMV depending upon location. I've never gotten a WWVB clock to work in North Carolina. On the East Coast, the signal maybe sorta works for a few hours overnight:

https://tf.nist.gov/tf-cgi/wwvbmonitor_e.cgi

T̶h̶e̶y̶ ̶a̶l̶s̶o̶ ̶d̶o̶n̶'̶t̶ ̶t̶r̶a̶n̶s̶i̶t̶i̶o̶n̶ ̶D̶S̶T̶ ̶a̶u̶t̶o̶m̶a̶t̶i̶c̶a̶l̶l̶y̶,̶ ̶s̶o̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶'̶r̶e̶ ̶p̶u̶l̶l̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶m̶ ̶o̶f̶f̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶w̶a̶l̶l̶ ̶t̶w̶i̶c̶e̶ ̶a̶ ̶y̶e̶a̶r̶ ̶u̶n̶l̶e̶s̶s̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶'̶r̶e̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶o̶n̶e̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶r̶a̶r̶e̶ ̶U̶S̶ ̶l̶o̶c̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶s̶ ̶t̶h̶a̶t̶ ̶d̶o̶n̶'̶t̶ ̶a̶d̶h̶e̶r̶e̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶D̶S̶T̶ ̶s̶i̶l̶l̶i̶n̶e̶s̶s̶. Edit: My bad, they can switch in/out of DST automatically, at least when they can work at all.

zymhan 3 hours ago | parent [-]

I'm fairly certain the radio time signal has a mechanism to convey daylight savings, I've had alarm clocks that managed DST without any input.

> The DST status bits indicate United States daylight saving time rules.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWVB

js2 3 hours ago | parent [-]

You're right. I was wrong about that, mostly because I've never had a WWVB clock work for me at all.