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US Naval Observatory outside display of the master clock time. The U.S. Naval Observatory provides public time service via 26 NTP [33] servers on the public Internet, [36] and via telephone voice announcements: [37] +1 202 762-1401 (Washington, DC) +1 202 762-1069 (Washington, DC) +1 719 567-6742 (Colorado Springs, CO)
The other standard time and frequency reference for the U.S. Government is the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) master clock. The U.S. Naval Observatory also maintains an alternate clock designated "USNO Alternate Master Clock" at Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado. [2]
In the United States, the United States Naval Observatory provides the standard of time, called UTC(USNO), for the United States military and the Global Positioning System, [1] while the National Institute of Standards and Technology provides the standard of time for civil purposes in the United States, called UTC(NIST).
To this day, Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), the successor of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), is the reference time for the planet, and in the United States, the official time for the Department of Defense (DoD) is kept by the United States Navy at the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C.
Official and highly precise timekeeping services (clocks) are provided by two federal agencies: the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) (an agency of the Department of Commerce); and the United States Naval Observatory (USNO). The clocks run by these services are kept synchronized with each other as well as with those of other ...
Standard time came into existence in the United States on 18 November 1883. Earlier, on 11 October 1883, the General Time Convention, forerunner to the American Railway Association, approved a plan that divided the United States into several time zones. On that November day, the US Naval Observatory telegraphed a signal that coordinated noon at ...
Master clock (at left) driving several slave clocks in an enthusiast's garage. The third one from the left at the top is a radio-controlled clock for reference. The master atomic clock ensemble at the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., which provides the time standard for the U.S. Department of Defense. [1]
The United States Naval Observatory was established in Washington, D.C., and the first American time ball went into service in 1845. [2] Time balls were usually dropped at 1 p.m. (although in the United States they were dropped at noon).