By the Time Act of the Federal Republic of Germany of 1978, the Central European Time (CET) or the Central European Summer Time (CEST) has been defined as legal time for our country and its realization and dissemination have been assigned to PTB. For this purpose, PTB offers three different services:
- Emission of standard frequency and legal time via the long-wave transmitter DCF77
- Time transmission via the public telephone network
- Time transmission via the Internet
At present, frequency comparisons via LORAN und TV are of secondary importance.
Hablamos español: nuestro servicio de tiempo por medio de DCF77 es ahora disponible en español.