# Time Oddities

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-oddities/121099>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [July 27, 2002, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-oddities/121099 "2002-07-27T08:26:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2002, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-oddities/121099/1 "2002-07-27T08:26:58Z")

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What is with the times on the board? There appears to be a 5 hour shift forwards as opposed to my usual 1 hour shift back. Is this because the board is about to shut down for a little?

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**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2002, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-oddities/121099/2 "2002-07-27T10:12:53Z")

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Forget about this. I screwed up and read some times wrong. Mods, feel free to lock this up.

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**Author:** ![John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Kentzel-Griffin)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2002, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-oddities/121099/3 "2002-07-28T02:56:32Z")

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OK. Locked.

**DrMatrix** - General Questions Moderator