"Brian Gaff (Sofa)" wrote in message
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Well, It would surely be out the other way if it had not been set, sounds
to me like somebody set it the wrong way. Spring forward, fall back.


The clocks that have auto summer winter have gone wrong this time. I have
two, a clock for the blind but free running, and a talking pendent clock.
Both have the auto switch on but did not change. On further investigation
it seems it may in fact change this coming weekend, as this year the US
and the UK change on different weekends for reasons best known to
themselves, so if they assume the dates will always agree, come Sunday
morning both will be an hour out the other way. Bah humbug.

I use one of the fancy new things like an echo
dot or google home or siri on the phone.
Those always get the change over correct.

Corse some of the paranoid luddites don’t
like the ideal of those listening to everything
in the house and allegedly telling google,
amazon or apply about everything in the
house, let alone MI5 and the CIA.

I couldn’t care less and told siri to go and **** herself
yesterday. She just said that she wouldn’t respond to that.

"NY" wrote in message
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"Harry Bloomfield"; "Esq." wrote in
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Where do these phones get there time from?

I remember setting them once around three years ago, when I installed
them, but not touched their time/date since.

Late yesterday evening, I spotted the time on the display was exactly 1
hour slow or behind, as if on BST. I made a mental note to check if
there might be a DST setting in the phone, but later today I noticed the
time was correct.

The only thing I can think of, is that that phone line has not been rung
since the change to GMT on Sunday. except it rang at 09:30 this morning
with a call. Maybe the incoming call corrected the clock?

I've never found that the time has corrected itself automatically.
Certainly when the hour changed recently the clock was still wrong even
after I'd received a phone call, so it looks as if the ringing signal and
the caller ID doesn't update the clock.

I've always had to correct the clock manually, both if it drifts slightly
and whenever the hour changes. It never occurred to me that it *might*
correct itself automatically: it's just one of the various clocks (eg
microwave, both our cars, DECT phone, SLR and compact cameras) that needs
to be corrected manually the morning after an hour change. The cameras
have a GMT/BST switch which applies exactly one hour change, but most
need setting from scratch; the cameras also really need setting from
scratch because they gain/lose slightly wrt a time source such as
GPS/mobile phone, or NTP-synced computer clock.