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Sparksswede · Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 2:39 pm Post subject: Different "timesetting"(clocks)?

I posted a reply to a post and my post came before the post I replied to due to fault in "timesetting (clock)" (different time).
It happened just minutes ago.
(I took my reply off).I know checked that this post has the correct time compared to what it says at almost top of page ("the time is now...")

Annika · Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 3:11 pm Post subject:

I noticed that to. You, Sparkswede had put up a post 9.22 am my time, but the clock on my computer wasn only 9.17 am!!!!!
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Sparksswede · Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 4:39 pm Post subject:

My pc clock shows 22.33 now swedish time (summertime) and the message on the board says it´s 10 hours earlier (I guess the time in CA,USA).I believe that´s correct because the time difference is 9 hours (when not summertime here) I believe and because we have summertime here it´s 10 hours earlier in California. We´ll draw the clock one hour backwards here soon so then it´ll be 9 hours difference I Think.
All this shall be correct I think (If not you there in California has summertime aswell now?????? or later ?or earlier perhaps?).
Well now it´s 22.38 here.

Annika · Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 4:48 pm Post subject:

Sparksswede · Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 4:54 pm Post subject:

OK Annika but how come it´s 10 hours difference then (my pc clock shows now 22.52 and the time now according to this board is 12.52 that makes 10 hours difference am I not correct).
I´m sure the clock here is now 22.54 so it´s 10 hours difference then not 9.
That goes for even if we both have summertime at the same time so to speak.So if we change back to wintertime (you and me) it´ll still be 10 hours difference,amI not correct?

Annika · Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 5:01 pm Post subject:

My time here is 1.58, so that means that the time in sweden is 10.58 and that would be 9 hours, right?

I don't know if there is anything wrong with the setting on the site!!!!!!
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Sparksswede · Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 5:22 pm Post subject:

OK I see.So there´s why it seemed 10 hours difference.
The time shown as the time are now on this board isn´t the time there(summertime) but the time as it would be without the summertime.That explains it all.So it´s 9 hours difference then,I understand it all.So here it´s now 23:20 (summertime))and your time (summertime) is 02:20 and that´s 9 hours difference,your correct but it shows 01:20 on this board so therefore it seemed 10 hours difference.
OK good we got that sorted out.

E-Clect-Eddy · Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 7:06 pm Post subject:

In you profile your can put things straith concerning the time on this forum and your own local pc/regional time. There will always be a slight difference cos not all computers/ servers time-sync with a atomclock-server(s) on the internet.

I sync my pc once every 3 or 4 months when it's fallen behind. Most pc's have an internal clock that is electronic and not as precise as an atomclock. This because when your pc has some heavy job it 'steals' resources from the mainboard and so slows it down. So with time pc's will often give a time that is behind the actual 'real' time.

It should not matter however what time it is on your own pc. But i suspect that either cookies are time stamped and check whenever a post is made. Or the forumsoftware could be running on two servers, one giving the interface/connection and another where all the data is stored. If the is a time issue or syncproblem between those two it might explain the troubles we sometimes have.
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