Is your car clock right? (vehicle, 2011, truck, Honda)

[jaydez]

I keep every clock I own set to the exact time as my iPhone. I don't need my clocks to be set fast. I'm never late. I really can't understand the thought process of people who are always late for everything.

[Cheektowaga_Chester]

I manually override my cell phone clock with the clock reading I see on the big outdoor bank clock in the parking lot. It has to be accurate.

[jtur88]

Originally Posted by victimofGM

I've no idea why auto companies don't come up with a clock that will automatically set itself from the atomic clock radio signal. Traveling, it senses the new signal and changes when you've crossed time zones.

My atomic clock, in my house, only corrects once a day, and if there is a weak signal from Colorado, it might be two days before it resets for DST change. I think I have to manually reset for time zone change if I move the clock, because the clock has no GST to know where it is.

[Cheektowaga_Chester]

Originally Posted by victimofGM

I've no idea why auto companies don't come up with a clock that will automatically set itself from the atomic clock radio signal.

Same reason Ford didn't want to spend an extra $5.08 per Pinto to reduce gas tank explosions. From market research they realize an extra $20 spent on some stupid plastic fairing will sell more cars than $20 for an accurate clock.

[Annie53]

Originally Posted by Cheektowaga_Chester

I manually override my cell phone clock with the clock reading I see on the big outdoor bank clock in the parking lot. It has to be accurate.

Oh no they don't. I have seen many bank clocks that were off.

[NickySantoro]

Originally Posted by alpha_1976

it is so easy to adjust so I keep it at correct time. I will be surprised if most people don't do.

This^.

[Cheektowaga_Chester]

Originally Posted by Annie53

Oh no they don't. I have seen many bank clocks that were off.

[longnecker]

No. I have no idea how to reset them. I keep forgetting to ask my son to reset my and his mother's car.

[jdhall1]

Yes, it's very easy to change on my car

[SuperSparkle928]

Originally Posted by Annie53

Oh no they don't. I have seen many bank clocks that were off.

Agreed. Some of the local outdoor bank clocks here are only exactly correct twice a day.
Any cheap cell phone, using network time (NTP) and having an embedded GPS will be ridiculously accurate wherever you go on the planet. Same with the built-in navigation systems etc. (let's put aside those areas where the gov't can't decide what timezone they want to be in, or whether they choose DST vs. ST, and occasionally change their minds. Look at AZ.), automatically. Receivers that can grab over-the-airwaves UTC info from WWVB,WWVH and WWV and are dirt cheap in a clock, and have been around decades. (but as one other poster indicated, many car manufacturers don't want to spend a whole $20 for a self-correcting clock).

(Not to digress, but it has gone well past clocks... look at some of the new ovens/refrigerators/microwaves etc. that talk 802.11n... geez )