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A brief history of time synchronisation

Summary by eclecticlight.co
Two centuries ago it was quite normal for adjacent towns to be running local times that differed by many minutes. Even after the railways came and forced synchronisation so their timetables could work, many adults were content to keep time by the occasional glance at the clock on a church or civic building. In the decade before the arrival of the Mac, one of the everyday duties of the police was to respond to requests for the time. Over the last…
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eclecticlight.co broke the news in on Saturday, July 26, 2025.
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