# The End Of Time

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 30, 2007, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-time/421040 "2007-09-30T17:08:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2007, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-time/421040/1 "2007-09-30T17:08:12Z")

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[AT&T stops Time Of Day service](http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-lazarus29aug29,0,2466396,full.column?coll=la-home-center)  
One of the things I had to adjust to when I moved to Washington was not being able to call 853-1212 to get the time of day. All my life (well, as long as I’ve had a need to get the correct time anyway) I’ve been able to call that number. I thought maybe Washington had its own TOD number and I just didn’t know it. I searched a little, but never found it. My PowerBook gets its TOD from Apple automatically, so I could always look there. And while it doesn’t display seconds, I could also use the cable box. And of course my mobile has the correct time. But I still liked and missed the ability to call a number and get the time. Thursday I asked my boss if there was such a number in Washington. Turns out there’s not:

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> Indeed, time already has stopped in 48 other states, he said. California and Nevada are the two remaining holdouts.

There have been a lot of nostalgia threads. Perhaps the TOD number will be remembered in a future one.