# Jerry's announcement: SDMB going down

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerrys-announcement-sdmb-going-down/137268>\
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**Created:** [November 18, 2002, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerrys-announcement-sdmb-going-down/137268 "2002-11-18T04:16:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerrys-announcement-sdmb-going-down/137268/1 "2002-11-18T04:16:44Z")

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Is that 9 _a.m._ or _p.m._?

Happy

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**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerrys-announcement-sdmb-going-down/137268/2 "2002-11-18T04:20:44Z")

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Oops…in reference to [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/announcement.php?forumid=13).

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**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerrys-announcement-sdmb-going-down/137268/3 "2002-11-18T04:23:19Z")

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I’m guessing by the leading 0 that Jerry is an enlightened being who prefers 24-hour time. So I guess 9 AM. And while I’m sure it’s not unusual for tech guys to be working hard at 9 PM, I imagine that’s mostly for stuff you don’t plan in advance. 😉

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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerrys-announcement-sdmb-going-down/137268/4 "2002-11-18T04:45:51Z")

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That would be 9AM.

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**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerrys-announcement-sdmb-going-down/137268/5 "2002-11-18T06:06:26Z")

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And, um, what time zone would that be? Central, I’m assuming?

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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerrys-announcement-sdmb-going-down/137268/6 "2002-11-18T07:22:44Z")

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jdavis is referring to the timezone of the server: Chicago, Illinois, USA.

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerrys-announcement-sdmb-going-down/137268/7 "2002-11-18T11:15:50Z")

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Is that the USA on planet Earth, or some other USA not currently defined?

😉 sorry.

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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerrys-announcement-sdmb-going-down/137268/8 "2002-11-18T12:56:49Z")

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What’s that in Federation Stardate Standard? 😉