[time-nuts] US New Year countdown - accurate?

[J. Forster]

To me the ball drop/fireworks was different from the on-screen time on FOX
by a few secnds.

-John

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> Hi folks,
>
> Ignoring the travesty of a lyric change on John Lennon's classic song, did
> anyone check to see if the clock countdown in Times Square was actually
> accurate?
>
> In times gone past countdowns have been notoriously off (worst I saw was a
> tv personality using his own watch and it was 25 seconds out).
>
> Oh and why we're at it here is my worst time-nut story...
>
> Pulled up in a "Loading Zone 8-6pm" at 18:00:10. Got out, came back 4
> minutes later to find a parking officer giving me a ticket.
>
> Me: "Look at the time (showing my watch) - it's 6:04"
>
> Him: "Not by my watch" (which said 5:59 at that point).
>
> Me (massive sarcasm voice): "So. Let me get this straight. Despite
> worldwide time standards keeping clocks accurate to billionths of a second
> and costing millions of dollars, all that is now been binned and we now
> keep world official time by your watch. Is that right?".
>
> Him: "Bu..."
>
> Me (interrupting and pulling out mobile): "Let's listen to the national
> time standard shall we?" (I dial and put on speaker - his watch is a good
> solid 5 minutes slow).
>
> Him: Walks off screwing up ticket.
>
> The sheer arrogance of the "Not by my watch" comment irks me to this day.
>
> Jim
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