# Out-of-Sync Timestamps (Not Daylight Savings)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-of-sync-timestamps-not-daylight-savings/272366>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [November 1, 2004, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-of-sync-timestamps-not-daylight-savings/272366 "2004-11-01T18:05:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-of-sync-timestamps-not-daylight-savings/272366/1 "2004-11-01T18:05:22Z")

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I’ve noticed an odd thing lately. When I click on ‘New Posts’ - the search results come back, and the most recent timestamp on them will be several minutes behind the actual time on my local clocks.

All my local clocks say 1:08, for instance, and the SDMB will assure me that as of the search, the time is 1:00PM. That’s what happened today - but that interval between the actual time and the ‘search time’ has been growing. It used to be three minutes, then four, then five…

So either all my local clocks (computer, the phone at work, wristwatch, clock in my truck) are speeding up, or there’s a timing issue on the board’s server.

What’s going on?

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-of-sync-timestamps-not-daylight-savings/272366/2 "2004-11-01T18:08:26Z")

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I dunno. I’ve asked Jerry to look into it.

your humble TubaDiva  
Administrator

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**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-of-sync-timestamps-not-daylight-savings/272366/3 "2004-11-01T18:19:06Z")

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[Johnny Carson]  
Q. How fast are the new SDMB servers?  
A. They are **so fast** , they’re experiencing time dilation!  
Da-Ba- **Dum**!!  
[/J.C.]

Ducks and runs:D

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-of-sync-timestamps-not-daylight-savings/272366/4 "2004-11-01T18:21:10Z")

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Okay, this is really a duplicate complaint, so I’m closing this one.

Funny line, though. 🙂

your humble TubaDiva  
Administrator