# Discussion thread for the "Polls only" thread (Part 2)

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**Created:** [February 16, 2024, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636 "2024-02-16T02:56:30Z")
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Time-telling devices that “failed to automatically adjust”? None that I know of.

Time-telling devices that didn’t even _try_ to automatically adjust? Several, including a wristwatch, a car clock, a stove, a microwave, and a decades-old alarm clock.

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