[time-nuts] Re; New Wrist watch

[Mike S]

On 9/11/2012 11:58 AM, David McGaw wrote:
> Curious.  Civil time is based on UTC, not GPS.  Shouldn't the "smart"
> phones account for the difference from GPS time?  We have the technology.

The problem is, Google doesn't have a clue. The issue was first reported 
to them almost 3 years ago - 
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=5485

> BTW, my Verizon CDMA "dumb" phone is currently only 1 second ahead, NOT
> 16 secs.

It likely has a fixed correction built into firmware, and was in sync 
with UTC prior to the recent leap second.