# Do you set the clock on your gadgets around the house? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 24, 2019, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-set-the-clock-on-your-gadgets-around-the-house/842207 "2019-10-24T00:01:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2019, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-set-the-clock-on-your-gadgets-around-the-house/842207/21 "2019-10-24T14:07:18Z")
Stove, microwave, 3 analog clocks all get set. The rest are self-synching. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2019, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-set-the-clock-on-your-gadgets-around-the-house/842207/22 "2019-10-24T14:28:48Z")
Yes. Otherwise I’ll think it’s noon or midnight all the time. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2019, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-set-the-clock-on-your-gadgets-around-the-house/842207/23 "2019-10-24T14:30:44Z")
I set the clocks on the stove and microwave. The microwave is right above the stove and I can see both when I’m sitting on the couch. If the two times don’t match up, it drives me crazy. I use my phone as my alarm clock, but I still have an alarm clock by my bed. So that is set. I have to be able to see what time it is at a quick glance if I happen to wake up during the night - which is all the time. I have a clock of some sort in every room of the house. All are set. ---
**Author:** ![Anny\_Middon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc79bd/32.png) [@Anny\_Middon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anny_Middon)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2019, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-set-the-clock-on-your-gadgets-around-the-house/842207/24 "2019-10-24T14:40:41Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > Oh hell no. I use my phone to wake up. My microwave and coffeepot have been blinking for years – who cares? Does the coffeemaker have a function where you can set it up to go on at a specific time? Because one of the luxuries of my life is to have the coffee waiting for me, hot and ready, when I stumble into the kitchen in the morning. We have a number of small appliances with clocks. If the power goes out and they don’t reset themselves, I reset them. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2019, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-set-the-clock-on-your-gadgets-around-the-house/842207/25 "2019-10-24T14:47:10Z")
We may have the oldest functioning microwave in North America. It has no clock, no buttons, no settings, just a knob you turn for however many minutes you want it to run. We use it to melt butter, and that’s about it. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2019, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-set-the-clock-on-your-gadgets-around-the-house/842207/26 "2019-10-24T14:56:55Z")
I set the clock on my microwave but not on my oven. The oven clock is so low and at such a difficult angle that I can’t see it anyway unless I bend down. ---
**Author:** ![pigtwo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pigtwo/32/18234_2.png) [@pigtwo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pigtwo)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2019, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-set-the-clock-on-your-gadgets-around-the-house/842207/27 "2019-10-24T14:59:57Z")
No, it just feels like a waste of time. I had an apartment a couple of years ago where we’d have power dips monthly which would reset all the clocks. After a few times I just stopped resetting them. Now my brain just filters out all appliance clocks. I also don’t change my car clock for daylight saving. Usually you know what hour your in so only the minuets are important. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2019, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-set-the-clock-on-your-gadgets-around-the-house/842207/28 "2019-10-24T16:17:52Z")
Ah, yes, clocks in the vehicles. My truck used to have a clock in it. After the truck got side-swiped by a lightning bolt (the lightning rod took the brunt, but the truck was parked nearby) the EMP took out the clock, the CD player, and the brakelights. We got the brakelights fixed. That’s it. Now I don’t have to worry about setting the clock in the truck anymore. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2019, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-set-the-clock-on-your-gadgets-around-the-house/842207/29 "2019-10-24T16:22:06Z")
the only one I bother with is the one on the stove. the toaster oven and nuker aren’t backlit so I don’t bother, and everything else (DVR, computers, phones, etc. ) are automatic. ---
**Author:** ![Kovitlac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/2bfe46/32.png) [@Kovitlac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kovitlac)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2019, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-set-the-clock-on-your-gadgets-around-the-house/842207/30 "2019-10-24T16:47:46Z")
I do the first time I get it, and then never bother again after the power goes out/I have to reset it/it gets unplugged the first time. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2019, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-set-the-clock-on-your-gadgets-around-the-house/842207/31 "2019-10-24T17:31:26Z")
Generally. In the kitchen I have an oven and microwave that both show the time. The oven gets set soon after a power outage because it’s easy to set. The microwave gets set when I get around to it. Most of my other visible clocks in the house are battery powered. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2019, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-set-the-clock-on-your-gadgets-around-the-house/842207/32 "2019-10-24T19:13:49Z")
Just the oven and microwave. I need their clocks to optimize cooking times. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2019, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-set-the-clock-on-your-gadgets-around-the-house/842207/33 "2019-10-24T19:32:50Z")
Stove and alarm clock. Microwave doesn’t have one. Everything else is network connected or on battery backup. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2019, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-set-the-clock-on-your-gadgets-around-the-house/842207/34 "2019-10-24T21:32:33Z")
Oven: yes. Toaster oven: doesn’t have one. Coffee maker: yes. Microwave: hell no; loses power so often - either due to a safety feature after cooking two batches of popcorn or the wonky electrical system in this place - that setting its clock is pointless. Everything else is self-setting. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2019, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-set-the-clock-on-your-gadgets-around-the-house/842207/35 "2019-10-24T22:51:03Z")
car, microwave, DVR: yes range (analog clock), stereo: no indoor-outdoor thermometer/clock, TV: self-setting ---
**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2019, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-set-the-clock-on-your-gadgets-around-the-house/842207/36 "2019-10-24T23:07:04Z")
For the ones I can’t turn off completely, yes, otherwise they irritate the heck out of me. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2019, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-set-the-clock-on-your-gadgets-around-the-house/842207/37 "2019-10-25T01:30:27Z")
> [@Anny\_Middon](#): > > Does the coffeemaker have a function where you can set it up to go on at a specific time? Because one of the luxuries of my life is to have the coffee waiting for me, hot and ready, when I stumble into the kitchen in the morning. My coffee maker does, but we never use it because it has an even better capability - it stops brewing if you remove the carafe to pour yourself a cup. So we can get coffee almost immediately. The real reason I set the time because I also have to set the time it stays on after brewing, which defaults to 2 hours. And I don’t want coffee which has been heated for two hours. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2019, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-set-the-clock-on-your-gadgets-around-the-house/842207/38 "2019-10-25T01:32:50Z")
I set everything - microwave, oven (very simple,) coffee maker, kitchen clock radio, and the mantle clock in the living room, which bongs on the hour, and would bong at the wrong time and drive me nuts. My clock radio alarm clock has a battery backup, and so seldom needs setting. And the clock in my car, which only sets forward except a reset to 0 minutes, and is a real pain. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2019, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-set-the-clock-on-your-gadgets-around-the-house/842207/39 "2019-10-25T01:36:42Z")
Well, The Dope has conclusively spoken. We’re mostly a bunch of clock setters. 😉 Glad to know it’s not just me. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2019, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-set-the-clock-on-your-gadgets-around-the-house/842207/40 "2019-10-25T03:46:01Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > We may have the oldest functioning microwave in North America. It has no clock, no buttons, no settings, just a knob you turn for however many minutes you want it to run. We use it to melt butter, and that’s about it. Dude. Throw that thing out. You’re prolley getting irradiated everyday. {{{Gah!}}} 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-set-the-clock-on-your-gadgets-around-the-house/842207.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-set-the-clock-on-your-gadgets-around-the-house/842207.md?page=3)