# Time Check **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 18, 2003, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-check/155778 "2003-02-18T02:12:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Xploder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a183cd/32.png) [@Xploder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xploder)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-check/155778/1 "2003-02-18T02:12:16Z")
In case any of you were wondering what time it is… [Time Check](http://www.yugop.com/ver3/stuff/03/fla.html=) ---
**Author:** ![Xploder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a183cd/32.png) [@Xploder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xploder)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-check/155778/2 "2003-02-18T02:13:27Z")
And now for the correct link!!! [Time Check](http://www.yugop.com/ver3/stuff/03/fla.html) ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-check/155778/3 "2003-02-18T02:13:39Z")
Time to find the page? ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-check/155778/4 "2003-02-18T02:15:14Z")
Cool beans. Not sure what I can do with it but it’s pretty cool. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-check/155778/5 "2003-02-18T02:19:31Z")
Wow. Someone is gonna need a lifetime supply of Ben-Gay. Not to mention all those crumbies all over the place… ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-check/155778/6 "2003-02-18T02:21:29Z")
Pretty funny! I can just imagine that it’s some guy’s job to write down the time and date in real-time! ---
**Author:** ![cherry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cherry)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-check/155778/7 "2003-02-18T02:29:52Z")
wow that was coolio! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-check/155778/8 "2003-02-18T05:26:05Z")
\ This is _why_ we have servants, dear. ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-check/155778/9 "2003-02-18T05:48:57Z")
I wonder how long this site has been around. I would have loved to have watched all the numbers turn over at the same time, going from 12/31/1999 11:59:59 PM to 01/01/2000 12:00:00 AM. ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-check/155778/10 "2003-02-18T05:56:32Z")
And now, for an authoritative [time check](http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/cgi-bin/timer.pl), which shows that the OP’s clock is off by an entire four minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Etherman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/958977/32.png) [@Etherman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Etherman)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-check/155778/11 "2003-02-18T08:38:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dwc1970 \* > \*\*I wonder how long this site has been around. I would have loved to have watched all the numbers turn over at the same time, going from 12/31/1999 11:59:59 PM to 01/01/2000 12:00:00 AM. \*\* Just set your computer time back, it uses local time, at least for me. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-check/155778/12 "2003-02-18T08:43:42Z")
Cool! My computer’s clock appears to be off by only 10 seconds! ---
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-check/155778/13 "2003-02-18T08:54:08Z")
Re: the OP, very cool site. Like it! ---
**Author:** ![Xploder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a183cd/32.png) [@Xploder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xploder)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-check/155778/14 "2003-02-18T11:38:45Z")
Lol! I found this site by accident months ago and meant to post it then but with all of my relatives seeming to drop dead one after another, I guess I forgot. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-check/155778/15 "2003-02-18T15:18:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ruby \* > \*\*Cool beans. Not sure what I can do with it but it’s pretty cool. 🙂 \*\* Cool beans!? Did your time check come up somewhere around 1984? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-check/155778/16 "2003-02-18T17:59:08Z")
July 23, 1984, to be exact. wha? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lorenzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4da419/32.png) [@Lorenzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorenzo)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-check/155778/17 "2003-02-18T18:21:30Z")
It is 12:17 p.m. ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-check/155778/18 "2003-02-18T18:26:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Etherman \* > \*\*Just set your computer time back, it uses local time, at least for me. \*\* Eheh :o