How to find out the exact time by phone on MTS, Beeline, Megafon, Tele2

On November 7, 1937, an exact time service was created in Moscow, which provided information about the exact current time in voice mode. The design of the “talking clock” used the principle of sound cinema using mechanical, electrical and optical elements, developed by the Moscow Research Institute of Communications. Precise time equipment was installed in the building of the Central Telephone Center of Moscow on Markhlevskogo Street (now Milyutinsky Lane).

Since 1967, after Moscow and MGTS switched to seven-digit numbering, it was possible to find out information about the current time by dialing a single number “100”. Until this time, each automatic telephone exchange had its own number.

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Telephone numbers of exact time services - a complete directory for all cities

Precise time service is an organization where information about the measured current time is stored and provided with high accuracy. Absolutely every subscriber who wants to set the clock and make sure that his smartphone shows 100% correct time can call here. Of course, in the Internet era, you can find out the exact time online, but if you don’t have access to the network or don’t want to waste traffic, it’s most convenient to call a special number - different cities have their own exact time service numbers, which is why we have prepared a complete directory of regions where you can find current contacts.

How to check the exact time in your phone settings

You can set the exact time using your smartphone settings, but this will require an Internet connection. Accordingly, this option is not suitable for push-button phones. Depending on the OS, you need to perform the following steps.

On an iOS device

To set the time on your iPhone, you need to:

1. On the main screen, go to the “Settings” section.
2. Click "Basic".
3. Click on “Date and Time”.
4. Activate the "Automatic" option.

Telephone service of exact time in the CIS countries

Not only residents of Russia can find out the exact time - the service is also available in the nearest CIS countries. Thus, the exact time service operates in Ukraine, Belarus, and Armenia. What’s convenient is that the call numbers are identical throughout the country, so when you go on a trip you only need to write down one phone number and call it.

Telephone service in the CIS works the same way as in Russia - the subscriber calls a special number, where the answering machine reports the current time accurate to the hour, minute, second. In addition, you can determine the time on our website - online, taking into account your location.

other methods

Calling a phone number or digging into the settings of a mobile device are far from the only options to find out the time. There are alternative methods that we recommend you familiarize yourself with.

Hermann

Expert in the field of digital technologies and the activities of mobile operators. I am engaged in constant monitoring of industry changes in Russia and abroad.

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How can I find out the exact time for my city?

The simplest option involves typing the phrase “exact time in my city” in any of the search engines you know. As a rule, information is displayed immediately below the search bar.

Is it possible to find out the time for another country or city?

Certainly. In addition to the previous option, when you need to enter a search query indicating a specific city, you can use the website correct-time.ru or the page yandex.ru/time.

What to do if you don’t have the Internet at hand?

In this case, the special numbers that we talked about earlier will come in handy. The automatic time detection function in your phone settings will also help.

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How to find out the exact time from your home and mobile phone?

To find out the current time, you need to call the exact time service number from your home phone and wait for a connection to the answering machine - the service is completely free. If you don’t have a landline phone nearby, you can use a mobile device:

1. Open the phone dialing menu.
2. Enter the number of the time service in your region.
3. Press the call button - the call is paid.
4. You can specify +7 and the city code before the exact time service number, then the connection will be charged as a call to a landline phone.

By the way, the service of informing about the exact time is also provided by mobile operators themselves, offering to call a short number or send a USSD request - however, such a call or command is always paid, which is completely unprofitable for the subscriber. Another disadvantage of the service from the operator is that the answering machine reports the exact time of the region where the service contract was concluded; if the subscriber is now in another city, it will not be possible to find out the local time in this way. We recommend setting up your smartphone by synchronizing time with network data, and also using our website - it is guaranteed free and absolutely accurate.

Is the service paid?

The service is free when calling on a landline phone. If the call is from a mobile phone, you must dial the area code before the specified number, the payment will be the same as for a regular call to a landline phone.

Smartphone owners can also enable the time synchronization function, which is free with all mobile operators. To do this, you need to go to the settings of your smartphone, then go to the date settings and activate synchronization over the mobile operator’s network. After activating this setting, the time and date will be automatically set correctly on your phone. You can also find out the exact time for free on the exact time website https://time100.ru.

Telephone numbers of exact time services in Russia

Megafon offers its subscribers the “Exact Time” service, with which you can find out not only the exact time down to the second, but also the time zone, date, day of the week, as well as the time when the sun sets and rises in a certain region. While traveling around the country, you can obtain data on both local time and the difference with the capital. Abroad, the service is also provided, and the subscriber is additionally shown the name of the host country and its capital, the state language and the exchange rate of the local currency against the ruble.

Note: find out how to view your number on Megafon.

Information is provided upon request; there is no need to activate the service in any way. Every time you need to check the time, the subscriber dials one of the combinations on the phone:

• *122#. Basic character set.
• *155#. Code for subscribers in Moscow and the region.

After pressing the call button, the necessary data will appear on the screen literally immediately.

Important : to use, you do not need an Internet connection, so this method of checking the time is suitable in a situation where it is not possible to go online.

“Exact time” is a paid service . There is no subscription fee, and the user is not bound by any obligations, but for each request, 9.99 rubles are withheld from the subscriber’s mobile account in Moscow and the region. VAT included . To find out prices in other Russian regions, you can visit the mobile operator’s website or call the help desk at 0500. An important advantage of the service is that it can be used abroad without fear of increased costs. The price remains the same as within the country.

The service is provided to all Megafon subscribers - both citizens and companies, regardless of the chosen payment system and tariff plan. To use the service you do not need a modern smartphone; it also works on older phone models. The only limitation for requesting the exact time is blocking of the mobile number due to lack of funds.

Note: find out how to check your balance on Megafon.

Connection to the “Exact Time” service is not required, so there is no need to refuse it when such services are not needed.

Note: there is another useful service from Megafon - the “Beacon” service.

Numbers that may be useful to you

Sometimes it happens that you need to ask for help, find out your account balance, find the nearest MTS store, or simply get background information, but you don’t know where to call or what number to dial.

To avoid this situation, save numbers that may be useful to you in your phone notebook.

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When traveling around Russia within the coverage area of ​​the MTS network, when traveling around Russia where there is no MTS network, as well as when traveling abroad, moving through the *111# portal menu is not charged. Write-offs occur only for paid operations: operations to change the tariff, connection/disconnection of services, etc. in accordance with the MTS subscriber tariff. The availability of the portal when traveling around Russia, where there is no MTS network, as well as when traveling abroad, depends on the support of USSD technology by the roaming partner of MTS.

Voice numbers:

0887 – Find out your phone number. The call is free when you are in your home region.

0890— MTS Contact Center. The call is free in Russia and in the networks “UMC” (Ukraine), “MTS” (Belarus).

Emergency numbers:

101 - fire department, 102 - police, 103 - ambulance, 104 - emergency gas service, 112 - Unified Rescue Service. Calls to emergency numbers are free worldwide.

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Let's sum it up

When you urgently need to know the exact time, for example, when traveling around the country or abroad, a mobile phone will help. Its capabilities are quite sufficient for promptly obtaining such information. Thus, Megafon subscribers can use the service provided by the operator, but this is a paid service. The help desk operator also provides the necessary information. In addition, you can call the exact time service, set up synchronization of your phone with the network, or find out the time through the SIM card menu.

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Set time zone, date and time

If you have disabled synchronization on your device and set the time manually, set the correct time zone, otherwise you will experience problems with websites and applications.

• in Abyisky, Allaikhovsky, Verkhnekolymsky, Momsky, Nizhnekolymsky and Srednekolymsky districts - UTC+11:00,MSK+8;
• in Verkhoyansk, Oymyakon and Ust-Yansky districts - UTC+10:00, MSK+7.

You can check the correct time zone on the Yandex service. Time. If the time is set incorrectly, you will see a warning. Then update your device's operating system or select the time zone of your region.

Your computer and mobile device are synchronized with the exact time server. Synchronization ensures information protection during data transfer, correct operation of programs and authorization on services.

SupportIf you have any questions or complaints, please let the operator know

Find out the exact time without Internet access

When you have access to the Internet or your smartphone is connected to a 3G network and the tariff plan allows you to use the Internet without losing money.
Or you are in a large city, where there are shops, advertising LED screens at every step, and there are a huge number of people around with newfangled gadgets, tablets, phones, watches. Then the question “How to find out the exact time?” we never think about it. This function is quite banal in the modern world, but in reality a case can happen when there is no money on the phone, and the phone shows the date and date when it was reflashed.

We determine the exact time from the mobile operator

Modern smartphones can set the time and date correctly according to the SIM card settings, for this you need: On Tele 2 there is also no separate additional option that allows you to get the necessary information about the current time, so you will need to call the operator . For such purposes Tele2 has a free short number 611 ; after making a call, you will need to follow instructions or simply dial a number to connect with one of the company’s employees. The second method is to call the Beeline subscriber service at 0611 .

Mobile operator employees can easily provide this kind of information, although not always. Some Beeline employees will offer you a paid service , because it is not profitable for them to tell you the time.

Who came up with the exact time?

Man has invented many mechanisms to measure time.
In ancient times, people measured time at sunrises and sunsets, and paid attention to the increase or decrease in the shadows of objects throughout the day. Thanks to this, people could approximately navigate in time. The role of a huge clock was played by the stars. It has been observed that different stars are visible in the sky at different times of the night. The ancient Egyptians, as a result of observing the stars, divided the night into twelve intervals. At the same time, they were guided by the moments of appearance of each of the twelve stars. We can conclude that the division of the day into twenty-four hours originated precisely from the division of the night by the Egyptians into twelve time intervals.

Shadow or sundials were also created by the Egyptians. It was a simple board with marks, which became the first prototype of a device for measuring time. To measure time they also used water and fire.

The first hourglass appeared two thousand years ago. But the first mechanical watches were invented more than one thousand four hundred years ago. Attached to the mechanism of this watch was a reel with a chain, at the end of which there was a weight. Thanks to the load, the coil rotated, and the chain unwinded. Using a regulator and a series of gears, the arrow moved across the dial.

For centuries, the smallest division of time was the hour. In 1860, one of the London watchmakers managed to make a watch that showed not only minutes and hours, but also seconds.

The most accurate time in the world

Whatever the clock is - old, new, small or large, expensive or cheap, wrist, pocket or wall, they are in any case designed to measure time.
The difference between them can only be how accurate the measurements are for each specific watch. Each second should last the same amount of time. This is influenced by the oscillatory rhythm created by the pendulum, vibration of quartz, spring, etc. For several years, cesium clocks containing “atomic time” were considered the most accurate clocks. It was the most accurate long-term timekeeper in the world. A clock can be off by one second in one hundred and thirty-eight million years. The “cesium” watch was jointly created by Japanese and American scientists in one of the European laboratories.

In February 2010, American scientists created an atomic clock that surpassed those made from cesium. Development took several years, resulting in an aluminum-based watch that can move one second in three billion seven hundred million years. The name of this new product is Quantum Logic Clock.

These clocks are capable of dividing time into much smaller intervals, which in the future can be used to test different constants and laws of physics.

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Time synchronization technology

First, I’ll tell you a little about the technology used to obtain accurate time from Internet sources. The entire time synchronization process is carried out through a special network protocol called NTP (Network Time Protocol)

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This protocol is a set of various rules and mathematical algorithms, thanks to which the time on your computer is precisely adjusted with a difference of a few hundredths of one second. There is also a protocol for systems that do not require such precise synchronization, called SNTP
. The difference between the source and the receiving device can be up to 1 second.

The technology for transmitting precise time parameters is a multilayer structure, where each underlying layer of electronic devices is synchronized with the underlying one. The lower the technological layer, the less accurate the time obtained from it will be. But this is in theory, in practice everything depends on many parameters involved in the synchronization system and more accurate time can be obtained, for example, from the fourth layer of devices than from the third.

At the zero level of this transmission chain there are always time reporting devices, roughly speaking, clocks. These clocks are molecular, atomic or quantum time-keeping devices and are called reference clocks. Such devices do not transmit time parameters directly to the Internet; they are usually connected to the primary computer via a high-speed interface with minimal delays. It is these computers that make up the first layer in the technological chain. On the second layer there will be machines that receive time from the first layer of devices via a network connection, most often via the Internet. All subsequent layers will receive information about the exact time using the same network protocols from the overlying layers.