# Time display 15 minutes slow

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-display-15-minutes-slow/324515>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [October 3, 2005, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-display-15-minutes-slow/324515 "2005-10-03T02:56:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Exploding\_Kitchen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c89c15/32.png) [@Exploding\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exploding_Kitchen)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2005, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-display-15-minutes-slow/324515/1 "2005-10-03T02:56:54Z")

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I made a reply to a thread at 8:08pm pacific time, according to my time-synced computer.

It showed as being posted at 7:53pm.

At the time this message is being posted, it is 8:11pm.

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**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2005, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-display-15-minutes-slow/324515/2 "2005-10-03T03:49:42Z")

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Test.

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**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2005, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-display-15-minutes-slow/324515/3 "2005-10-03T03:50:44Z")

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Yep. Hamster’s having a quarter-hour delay hangover. Anyone got coffee?

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**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2005, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-display-15-minutes-slow/324515/4 "2005-10-03T14:15:48Z")

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The SDMB clock is correct. It’s the rest of the world that’s off.

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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:** [October 3, 2005, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-display-15-minutes-slow/324515/5 "2005-10-03T14:19:10Z")

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The server clock drifts.

It will get corrected . . . at some point.

TubaDiva