# At this moment what does your computer's clock display? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 27, 2010, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-this-moment-what-does-your-computers-clock-display/551652 "2010-08-27T10:58:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2010, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-this-moment-what-does-your-computers-clock-display/551652/81 "2010-08-29T06:42:23Z")
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**Author:** ![BleizDu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@BleizDu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BleizDu)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2010, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-this-moment-what-does-your-computers-clock-display/551652/82 "2010-08-29T14:40:07Z")
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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-this-moment-what-does-your-computers-clock-display/551652/83 "2010-08-30T13:19:00Z")
After deleting the posts where the hours differ by one or less (EDT and MDT) here are the posts with more than one hour’s difference. There are a few multiple posts here, but I’d suggest we have a wide range in time zones. The differences in minutes seem to be within reason (if you count five minutes or less as reasonable). It might be fun someday to do one of those “let’s synchronize our watches” things like they do in war movies when they’re going to do a coordinated attack on something. IMHO, we’d be up the proverbial creek! 😃 #3 08-27-2010, 06:02 AM runner pat 4:02 am #5 08-27-2010, 06:10 AM multimediac17 9:09pm #8 08-27-2010, 06:22 AM GHO57 14:22 #11 08-27-2010, 06:26 AM racer72 4:26 am #12 08-27-2010, 06:29 AM GuanoLad Fri, 27 Aug 2010 09:29:39 PM #15 08-27-2010, 06:37 AM Alessan 14:37 #18 08-27-2010, 06:48 AM EvilTOJ 4:48 am #19 08-27-2010, 07:00 AM Manwich 9:00 pm 27/08/2010 #22 08-27-2010, 07:18 AM yendis 02:18 pm #23 08-27-2010, 07:45 AM Floater 14:44 (2:44 pm for those who can’t handle a 24 hour clock). #27 08-27-2010, 08:09 AM tdn Quote: Originally Posted by multimediac17 9:09pm #32 08-27-2010, 08:29 AM Cicero 9.32 pm. #33 08-27-2010, 08:31 AM beowulff 6:31 am #35 08-27-2010, 09:12 AM hermette 15:11 bst #37 08-27-2010, 09:39 AM blondebear 7:38 am #47 08-27-2010, 01:12 PM MonkeyMensch 11:12 a.m. #49 08-27-2010, 01:29 PM curious11 11:29 am #53 08-27-2010, 04:12 PM Alice The Goon 2:12 pm #55 08-27-2010, 07:22 PM Nortia 01.23 #57 08-27-2010, 08:36 PM GuanoLad Sat, 28 Aug 2010 11:36:26 AM #58 08-27-2010, 08:47 PM Siam Sam 8:47 am Edit: Except with capital letters, which the Board just automatically lowercased. #60 08-27-2010, 08:51 PM Cunctator 11.52 am Saturday, 28 August 2010 #64 08-27-2010, 11:40 PM CanvasShoes 20:40 :d #66 08-28-2010, 12:46 AM ghardester Friday August 27, 2010 It is now 10:46 Pacific Daylight Time. #67 08-28-2010, 04:17 AM Richard Pearse 18:47 #68 08-28-2010, 08:07 AM Imasquare 11:06 PM. Australian Eastern Daylight Time. #69 08-28-2010, 08:57 AM Baron Greenback 14:57 British Summer Time #74 08-28-2010, 12:55 PM Johnny L.A. Sat 10:55:30 #75 08-28-2010, 03:13 PM chromaticity Sun 5:13 am - JST #76 08-28-2010, 06:57 PM Johnny L.A. Sat 16:57:00 #77 08-28-2010, 07:09 PM Cunctator 10.10 am Sunday, 29 August 2010 #81 Yesterday, 01:42 AM ArchiveGuy 11:44 pm #82 Yesterday, 09:40 AM Lazz 16h39 (4h39pm) ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-this-moment-what-does-your-computers-clock-display/551652/84 "2010-08-31T03:48:07Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > The differences in minutes seem to be within reason (if you count five minutes or less as reasonable). Don’t forget that not all time zones share the same minutes. For example, India is 5-1/2 hours ahead of GMT, Nepal 5 hours and 45 minutes. (They say Nepal sets its clocks 15 minutes ahead of India to emphasize their independence.) ---
**Author:** ![Leiko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Leiko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leiko)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-this-moment-what-does-your-computers-clock-display/551652/85 "2010-08-31T04:59:00Z")
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**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-this-moment-what-does-your-computers-clock-display/551652/86 "2010-08-31T05:36:40Z")
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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-this-moment-what-does-your-computers-clock-display/551652/87 "2010-08-31T12:14:25Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > > [@Zeldar](#): > > > > The differences in minutes seem to be within reason (if you count five minutes or less as reasonable). > > Don’t forget that not all time zones share the same minutes. For example, India is 5-1/2 hours ahead of GMT, Nepal 5 hours and 45 minutes. (They say Nepal sets its clocks 15 minutes ahead of India to emphasize their independence.) Good info! I just scanned the list in Post # 83 and didn’t find an example of this. Do we know somebody in that situation? Maybe a PM to him or her (or them) could coax them to post here if for no other reason than to become world famous! I’ve seen threads where the objective was to get non-USA Dopers to post and say so. Maybe I can find links to those threads and post the links here, just for added sauce. Please, somebody, beat me to that exercise if you know right off where such threads are. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-this-moment-what-does-your-computers-clock-display/551652/88 "2010-08-31T12:48:31Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > I’ve seen threads where the objective was to get non-USA Dopers to post and say so. Maybe I can find links to those threads and post the links here, just for added sauce. Please, somebody, beat me to that exercise if you know right off where such threads are. 🙂 Here’s one of those threads: > **[Non-USA Dopers: Stand and be counted. Please.](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=381975)** > > In the new thread Which SDMB minority are you in? it has become obvious that the Doper population outside the USA is both non-trivial and poorly (at least to me) understood. In the interest of building some numbers for where you are (if not in the... Non-USA Dopers: Stand and be counted. Please. 07-31-2006, 09:02 AM 10-25-2006, 03:50 AM ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-this-moment-what-does-your-computers-clock-display/551652/89 "2010-08-31T14:43:28Z")
Here’s a neat International Time Zones map: > **[World Time Zone and current time around the World and standard world time...](https://www.worldtimezone.com/)** > > Current time and world time zones and time map with current time around the world and countries operating Daylight Savings Time sunclock map shows what part of the world is in darkness and what part is in daylight detailed time zone maps of the USA... And a site with clocks: [http://aglobalworld.com/international-time-zones/world-time-zones.php](http://aglobalworld.com/international-time-zones/world-time-zones.php) And a chart: > **[The World Clock — Worldwide](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/)** > > World time and date for cities in all time zones. International time right now. Takes into account all DST clock changes. A Wikipedia breakdown: > **[List of time zones by country](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_zones_by_country)** > > This is a list representing time zones by country. Countries are ranked by total number of time zones on their territory. Time zones of a country include that of dependent territories (except Antarctic claims). France, including its overseas territories, has the most time zones with 12 (13 including its claim in Antarctica). Many countries have daylight saving time, one added hour during the local summer, but this list does not include that information. The UTC offset in the list is not valid i... Each source shows areas of the world where the half-hour zones are located. This list isn’t complete yet, but it’s a start for such a thing: Venezuela Iran India Nepal Central Australia Afghanistan Myanmar French Polynesia Cocos (Keeling) Islands ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-this-moment-what-does-your-computers-clock-display/551652/90 "2010-09-01T14:27:01Z")
Another thread dealing with similar issues is [Time Zones: why is Mumbai off by half an hour?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=576412) started 08-30-2010, 09:51 AM. There’s now a link there to this thread, so bouncing back and forth ought to be a snap. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-this-moment-what-does-your-computers-clock-display/551652.md?page=4)