# At the sound of the tone, the time is 2:09:00pm EST

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-the-sound-of-the-tone-the-time-is-2-09-00pm-est/202179>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 17, 2003, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-the-sound-of-the-tone-the-time-is-2-09-00pm-est/202179 "2003-09-17T18:00:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-the-sound-of-the-tone-the-time-is-2-09-00pm-est/202179/1 "2003-09-17T18:00:45Z")

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_Beep_!  
2:09:00pm EST

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**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-the-sound-of-the-tone-the-time-is-2-09-00pm-est/202179/2 "2003-09-17T18:14:56Z")

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Is not!

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**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-the-sound-of-the-tone-the-time-is-2-09-00pm-est/202179/3 "2003-09-17T18:15:30Z")

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What’s the local number for the time where you are, ms mith? Mine’s 410.844.1212.

At the tone the time will be two twenty-four and fifty seconds.

\>bee, er tone\<

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**Author:** ![little\_bit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@little\_bit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/little_bit)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-the-sound-of-the-tone-the-time-is-2-09-00pm-est/202179/4 "2003-09-17T18:17:26Z")

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It appears the Dope clock is 9 minutes off…

2:26

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**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-the-sound-of-the-tone-the-time-is-2-09-00pm-est/202179/5 "2003-09-17T18:38:00Z")

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Hmm… 9 minutes off here.

2:46:00pm EST