# Has the time of the board 'back up' thing  been changed ?

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**Created:** [October 1, 2003, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-time-of-the-board-back-up-thing-been-changed/204892 "2003-10-01T10:17:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![London\_Calling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-time-of-the-board-back-up-thing-been-changed/204892/1 "2003-10-01T10:17:20Z")

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Back in the ol’ days it used to be 09.30am to about 09.40am, and more recently it’s taken an hour (09.30-10.30). But this week – and I haven’t been paying sufficient attention to be sure – I think it’s moved around somewhat and the length has been shorter. Or not.

Whichever it is, I may just have to amend my morning routine – perish the thought!

Any official word on this, or perhaps other posters around between 09.00-11.00 GMT have noted something is afoot ?

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**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-time-of-the-board-back-up-thing-been-changed/204892/2 "2003-10-01T11:03:00Z")

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Here at Eastern Time, i think it’s somewhere in the 5am range. That is the only hour i get technical errors when i try to post.

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**Author:** ![Asylum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@Asylum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asylum)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2003, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-time-of-the-board-back-up-thing-been-changed/204892/3 "2003-10-03T07:41:34Z")

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I haven’t been posting as late into the wee hours like I used to (although tonight I’m coming close), but when I first signed on to the board it was down from 4:30AM to about 5:00AM, or half an hour. You noticed only a ten minute downtime “back in the ol’ days”, and assuming that the ol’ days were before my time and you noticed the time correctly there has been at least a twenty minute increase.

Hope that helps.

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**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2003, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-time-of-the-board-back-up-thing-been-changed/204892/4 "2003-10-03T22:31:09Z")

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I can confirm the down-for-an-hour thing. For me, up until recently, the board would go down around 1:30am PST, and wouldn’t be accessible until around twenty after 2.

In the last week or so, however, it’s been available just after 2am.

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**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-time-of-the-board-back-up-thing-been-changed/204892/5 "2003-10-05T05:28:56Z")

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I’m in the Central US time Zone, and for me it’s about 3:30-4:30 AM.