[EAS] Strict Time

[ray at electronicstheory.com]

Moving forward -
It is clear that the system is broken.
It is clear that not enough forward thinking was involved in the creation of the
system.  It is also clear that we do not learn from history.

So let me make one more thing clear:
For over 30 years that I know of, the Federal Government has had a method of
determining time.  That method has been used in federal/government/military
communications for years.  It is called DTG (Date-Time-Group)

Can someone explain to me why DTG can not be used for EAS?

DTG was designed so that we could do coordinated attacks with other nations at
precise times - with no question about the time the attack starts.
It includes the 4 digit 24 hour time, followed by the time zone designator, the
date, month, and year.

0845Z11OCT14

If seconds count - the 4 digit time could be modified to be 6 digit time, and
the century could also be added.

084500Z11OCT2014

This method has worked for years for missile/rocket launches.  Why don't we
submit to the FCC to have a change made in the system to accomodate this - so we
never have a repeat of the 9th?  Sure it would take a firmware/software update
to the various EAS boxes.  Not a complete re-write, but a minor modification. Is
that too high a price to pay to keep from having to deal with FCC fines and
false, outdated alerts?