[EAS] EAS time stamp usage

[Darryl Parker]

Harold stated the situation very well. The "fuzz time" to which he refers could be better defined, but all other aspects of the time references probably do not need to be altered...at least not without a lot of discussion.

Regards, 
Darryl E. Parker
TFT, Inc.
San Jose, California 95131-1708 USA
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From: eas-bounces at radiolists.net [mailto:eas-bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of Harold Price

Sean,

The comment you referenced points out an area that needs further discussion.  It isn't entirely correct in its interpretation of the existing Part 11, however.
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My interpretation of Part 11.44, and in fact any alert, is it becomes sendable when received, if it passes all the other rules.  JJJHHMM is used to show the effective time and the ending time (for the canned text), but it isn't a "hold for release" time.  Nowhere does Part 11 call for, or even hint at, using JJJHHMM to queue alerts for later transmission.
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In the real world, clocks drift...Sage (and some other vendors) allow for some clock drift when comparing the time at the receiver and the time at the originator.  The fuzz time isn't standardized, it could and should be.
Regards,
Harold Price
ECIG and CSRIC member