[ARC5] auction time linked to what timeing source?

[Roy Morgan]

On Feb 10, 2010, at 8:51 PM, jcoward5452 at aol.com wrote:

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> Hi Folks,
> Maybe I missed something along the way but I am curious as to what  
> time it is on the auction place.I

All the eBay web pages I just checked have a small link at the very  
bottom that says: "eBay official time".  Just click it. It gives you a  
time snap shot of the time you made your click (not a running clock  
you can watch).

You can get an adjusted-for-internet-transit time at www.time.gov  The  
java display you get gives you the accuracy to expect (just now 0.9  
seconds for me here in mid new york.)  I compared this with the eBay  
official time from above and they matched within about three seconds.

For software that will synchronize your computer or server system to  
coordinated universal time, go to:
http://tf.nist.gov/service/its.htm

roy

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