[BC] Western Union Clocks

[David Kaye]

--- On Fri, 6/29/12, Schardin, Hal (DEED) <hal.schardin at state.mn.us> wrote:

> David,
> Here's an interesting item from Wiki:
> In North America, whenever the error exceeds 10 seconds for
> the east, 3 seconds for Texas, or 2 seconds for the west, a
> correction of ±0.02 Hz (0.033%) is applied. Time error
> corrections start and end either on the hour or on the half
> hour.

Wow!  Thanks for the link.  I'm flummoxed or something.  I had no idea that the correction was a nationwide thing (which seems strange given that generators tend to lead or fall based on load and load should be a fairly regional thing I'd think.  

So, we get the most accurate time out here in the West.  Wonder why they did it that way...