Time Problems...

[napoleon526]

Has anyone else noticed this problem?

All of the clocks in my room say the time is about 6:52. But whenever I look at the times on posts, it's always about 15 minutes fast. And anytime I see the time posted on this site, it is also 15 minutes fast. This isn't a real major problem, but it is a bit curious.

edit: Right now, the time here in Baltimore is 6:54. Underneath this post it says "The time is now 7:09."

 

[Cartouche Bee]

They expect the next little tweak to take 15 minutes, so they were just thinking ahead. Except I now think they forgot to make that last little tweak. Or maybe they thought that it would take 15 minutes to make the connection and therefore be in sync.

 

[cgannon64]

Yeah, CFC seems to be exactly 15 minutes ahead of the right time. Who knows why its happening.

CG

 

[gonzo_for_civ]

Just look back..I'm sure there is a time thread for every single page of site feedback..this is time thread number 200000. It's not getting fixed becaues when it does it just get's off again.

 

[Padma]

Yup, gonzo's right. The clock used to be about 10 minutes slow. Maybe they just set it ahead so it will take that much longer for us to complain about it being slow again.

 

[Cartouche Bee]

Gonzo's explanation does cover it. The server was gaining time so the time was set back about 7 minutes prior to real time last maintenance. Now when it was last serviced, the tech sees that the time is so far off that he assumes that the server is losing time like crazy so he advances the time on the server 22 minutes to compensate for the heavy loss of time by the server. I will forever refer to this as "Abbott and Costello Server Time Management".

Originally I thought that the "DOS" on the "Packard Bell" server did not have the facility to sync it's "Net Time" to anything it was attached to. Therefore the time had to be adjusted by a tech that either did not wear a watch or did not know how to adjust the time on the watch that he wears.

 

[Chieftess]

Yeah, I've noticed about 3-5 time adjustments over the last 8-9 months.