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Re:Why does the alarm clock snooze button give you nine extr... by jnsaff2 on Thursday October 31, 2013 @11:09AM (#6647213)
So at 7PM in the UK all the alarm clocks will be a little slow ?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/britainfromabove/stories/people/teatime...

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Re:Why does the alarm clock snooze button give you nine extr... by X-Istence on Thursday October 31, 2013 @01:30PM (#6648211)
Yes, as the load changes on the grid the frequency of the grid will slow down/speed up. So yes alarm clocks and other time keeping devices will be a little slow during those times the frequency itself is slow.
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