[time-nuts] time-nuts Digest, Vol 121, Issue 8

[BIll Ezell]

On 8/4/2014 8:23 PM,  "Brian Garrett" <garrettbrian1960 at gmail.com> wrote:

Heh, absolutely correct. many 'cell towers' (officially BTS's in GSM or 
(e)NodeB's in LTE) can be controlled by one controller, up to hundreds 
per. If you're near a TZ boundary, the controller (which is where the 
location info comes from) can be in a different TZ.

> I've heard that people who live near time zone boundaries (very near, 
> like within a mile or two) often have to switch automatic setting off, 
> because the time might be an hour off depending on which tower their 
> phone connects to.  the annual switches to and from daylight saving 
> time can cause one-hour discrepancies too.  Fortunately, in this case, 
> turning automatic setting off and then turning it back on forces a 
> re-sync, thus supplying your phone with the right time. 

-- 
Bill Ezell
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