Re: Android time

 On Thu, 01 Dec 2011 10:43:08 +1300, David L Neil wrote:
> =looking at Clocksync it seems to confirm my dim recollection that
> Android time is not particularly accurate (+-30s). Arghhhh! This is
> barely "accurate", even for "when's the next bus/train/TV pgm
> questions"! (hence my difficulty in accepting the fact)
>
> =I see no mention of Clocksync having an API. Given the geo-location
> component, it would be rather handy. So I'll attempt to contact the
> author. (Thanks for the pointer)
>
> =However I realise that for this application the code could be
> written so that it doesn't care which time zone the time-base uses -
> just as long as the same time info is accessible by multiple sources
> concurrently (and thus, consistently).
>
> =Obviously plain vanilla NTP will do the job. However it seems
> reasonable (YMMV) that with all the time-bases available within the
> GPS and cell systems that there would be a 'native' solution to time
> questions...

 does android have gpsd available?
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gpsd

 there's no API for it, but it provides the time over tcp/ip to other 
 software. not that accurate given the 'best-effort' of network packets, 
 but better than 30 seconds precision

-- 
 robin

 http://fu.ac.nz - Auckland's Free University

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