# Time test...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-test/294239>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [March 12, 2005, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-test/294239 "2005-03-12T21:28:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2005, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-test/294239/1 "2005-03-12T21:28:33Z")

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Most of the time keeping devices around me are at about 15:46ct right now.

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**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2005, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-test/294239/2 "2005-03-12T21:29:46Z")

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Is this site off by about 18 minutes?

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**Author:** ![alterego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6bbea6/32.png) [@alterego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alterego)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2005, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-test/294239/3 "2005-03-12T21:31:26Z")

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posting this at 2:49 mountain time (considering my university runs an atomic clock and time server we can hope it’s proper 🙂

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**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:** [March 12, 2005, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-test/294239/4 "2005-03-12T21:37:30Z")

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There have been threads about this before. The time is out by about 15 minutes. I can’t remember what the official explanation was.

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**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2005, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-test/294239/5 "2005-03-12T21:47:31Z")

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The board time is listed at the bottom of the page, BTW. No need to post to see it.