Cannot believe that a $50,000 vehicle with GPS cannot set the clock correctly
03-19-2016, 12:03 PM
#21
Senior Member
I cross the time zone in NW Indiana weekly, (Michigan time to Chicago time and back) and my phone gives me a notification that it's changing the time, so I suppose that it's possible with the truck knowing its location via GPS, and some logic.
Daylight Savings Time and time zones are set by state, or county preference. ~10 years ago, Indiana adopted DST, and 5 counties in Indiana moved to Central time. Currently there is still debate in Indiana about changing time zones, as during the summer, noon (when the sun is directly overhead) is actually like 2:00 and the sun doesn't sent until well after 9:00. I think it was about 10 years ago that all of the US changed when DST begins and ends as well.
If I were Ford, I wouldn't want to be responsible for changing DST and time zone logic in vehicles that can reasonably be expected to be on the road for 10-15 years. It's not like a phone, where you swap them out every year or two.
Personally, I'd be annoyed if my truck did change time. I've come to rely on my truck to keep me tied to my home time, but it's not like I'd base vehicle choice on a clock setting. I'd rather have a truck on the road with incorrect time than have a truck being towed with correct time. :-)
Daylight Savings Time and time zones are set by state, or county preference. ~10 years ago, Indiana adopted DST, and 5 counties in Indiana moved to Central time. Currently there is still debate in Indiana about changing time zones, as during the summer, noon (when the sun is directly overhead) is actually like 2:00 and the sun doesn't sent until well after 9:00. I think it was about 10 years ago that all of the US changed when DST begins and ends as well.
If I were Ford, I wouldn't want to be responsible for changing DST and time zone logic in vehicles that can reasonably be expected to be on the road for 10-15 years. It's not like a phone, where you swap them out every year or two.
Personally, I'd be annoyed if my truck did change time. I've come to rely on my truck to keep me tied to my home time, but it's not like I'd base vehicle choice on a clock setting. I'd rather have a truck on the road with incorrect time than have a truck being towed with correct time. :-)
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Ricktwuhk (03-19-2016)
03-19-2016, 12:09 PM
#22
Senior Member
Keep in mind that daylight savings time changes. Congress changed it some years back, and likely will again. Since our trucks have no cellular connection (unlike your phone), it has no way to get the proper time. However, one would think that Sync 3 would be able to do so when parked in your garage and communicating over WiFi.
03-19-2016, 12:16 PM
#23
Old Fart
03-19-2016, 12:17 PM
#24
Old Fart
Keep in mind that daylight savings time changes. Congress changed it some years back, and likely will again. Since our trucks have no cellular connection (unlike your phone), it has no way to get the proper time. However, one would think that Sync 3 would be able to do so when parked in your garage and communicating over WiFi.
03-19-2016, 12:21 PM
#25
GDreject
I'm pretty sure my handheld GPS recognizes the proper time. One would think the GPS in our trucks could do the same? Maybe not.
03-19-2016, 12:44 PM
#26
Senior Member
Ford would not want the trucks setup that way. My truck has Sirius, which I choose not to pay for. If the clock relied on a service I wasn't using, or if I did use it then stopped using it then wondered why my clock wasn't right, Ford would be getting a lot of confused customers. Has to be foolproof.
03-19-2016, 01:40 PM
#27
[GPS works based on the fact that radio waves travel at the speed of light. Thus, by measuring the difference in times received from multiple satellites, the GPS is able to calculate location based on these differences as the satellites are in known positions. The satellites themselves carry atomic clocks and further are synchronized to each other (and to ground stations on earth).
Trivia question: If the sun were to explode at this very moment, how long would it be before we knew it exploded?
03-19-2016, 01:58 PM
#28
Senior Member
You would know in 8 minutes and 20 seconds.
It wouldn't matter in 8 minutes and 21 seconds.
Guys would go online to complain about it between those two...
It wouldn't matter in 8 minutes and 21 seconds.
Guys would go online to complain about it between those two...
especially since the way GPS is by sending a signal with a time encoded in it.
[GPS works based on the fact that radio waves travel at the speed of light. Thus, by measuring the difference in times received from multiple satellites, the GPS is able to calculate location based on these differences as the satellites are in known positions. The satellites themselves carry atomic clocks and further are synchronized to each other (and to ground stations on earth).
Trivia question: If the sun were to explode at this very moment, how long would it be before we knew it exploded?
[GPS works based on the fact that radio waves travel at the speed of light. Thus, by measuring the difference in times received from multiple satellites, the GPS is able to calculate location based on these differences as the satellites are in known positions. The satellites themselves carry atomic clocks and further are synchronized to each other (and to ground stations on earth).
Trivia question: If the sun were to explode at this very moment, how long would it be before we knew it exploded?
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jp2012 (08-31-2018)
03-19-2016, 04:01 PM
#29
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Hey Moderators,
Is it possible to get a "whining" emoticon on the list?
Maybe like this.
Is it possible to get a "whining" emoticon on the list?
Maybe like this.
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03-19-2016, 04:03 PM
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