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13 <h3>European Automated Computer Time Services
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15 <p>Several European countries use the following message data format:
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16 <p><font size=
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17 0000000000111111111122222222223333333333444444444455555555556666666666777777777 7<br>
18 0123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678 9<br>
19 1995-
01-
23 20:
58:
51 MEZ
10402303260219950123195849740+
40000500 *
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20 A B C D EF G H IJ K L M N O P Q R S T U V W XY Z
<CR
><LF
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26 A for DST to ST switch first hour
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27 B for DST to ST switch second hour if not marked in H
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34 L month for next ST/DST changes
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42 T modified julian day (MJD)
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44 V direction and month if leap second
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45 W signal delay (assumed/measured)
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46 X sequence number for additional text line in Y
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48 Z on time marker (* - assumed delay / # measured delay)
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49 <CR
>!
<LF
> ! is second change !
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51 <p>This format is an ITU-R Recommendation (ITU-R TF583.4) and is now available from the primary timing centres of the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and United Kingdom. Some examples are:
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53 <li>In Germany by Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB)'s timecode service. Phone number: +
49 5 31 51 20 38.
54 <p>For more detail, see
<a href=
"http://www.ptb.de/english/org/4/43/433/disse.html">http://www.ptb.de/english/org/
4/
43/
433/disse.htm
</a></p>
55 <li>In the UK by National Physical Laboratory (NPL)'s TRUETIME service. Phone number:
0891 516 333
56 <p>For more detail, see
<a href=
"http://www.npl.co.uk/npl/ctm/truetime.html">http://www.npl.co.uk/npl/ctm/truetime.html
</a></p>
57 <li>In Italy by Istituto Elettrotecnico Nazionale
"Galileo Ferrais
" (IEN)'s CTD service. Phone number:
166 11 46 15
58 <p>For more detail, see
<a href=
"http://www.ien.it/tf/time/Pagina42.html">http://www.ien.it/tf/time/Pagina42.html
</a></p>
59 <li>In Switzerland by Swiss Federal Office of Metrology's timecode service. Phone number:
031 323 32 25
60 <p>For more detail, see
<a href=
"http://www.metas.ch/en/labors/official-time/modem/index.html">http://www.ofmet.admin.ch/de/labors/
4/Zeitvert.html
</a></p>
61 <li>In Sweden by SP Swedish National Testing and Research Institute 's timecode service. Phone number: +
46 33 415783.
62 <p>For more detail, see
<a href=
"http://www.sp.se/metrology/timefreq/eng/tandf.htm">http://www.sp.se/metrology/timefreq/eng/tandf.htm
</a></p>
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