# Timestamps Restored to Currency!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timestamps-restored-to-currency/296953>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [March 30, 2005, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timestamps-restored-to-currency/296953 "2005-03-30T15:27:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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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:** [March 30, 2005, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timestamps-restored-to-currency/296953/1 "2005-03-30T15:27:34Z")

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Hooray, whoever did it!

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**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timestamps-restored-to-currency/296953/2 "2005-03-30T18:11:33Z")

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I’ve always wanted the time reported in currency. I’ll take mine in Lsd (pound/shilling/pence), thank you.

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timestamps-restored-to-currency/296953/3 "2005-03-30T18:16:10Z")

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Woo hoo!

Now, if y’all could do something about the fact that my dashboard clock tends to gain time, I’d be set.

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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 30, 2005, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timestamps-restored-to-currency/296953/4 "2005-03-30T18:52:03Z")

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And my mobile phone loses time. About two minutes a week. (Ironic for a device that enables you to find out the exact time to within a second)

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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:** [March 30, 2005, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timestamps-restored-to-currency/296953/5 "2005-03-30T20:10:13Z")

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I’ve just checked my wallet, and the time ain’t marked on any of the notes. Stop getting my hopes up, here!  
🙂

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**Author:** ![Hoodoo\_Ulove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/58956e/32.png) [@Hoodoo\_Ulove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoodoo_Ulove)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timestamps-restored-to-currency/296953/6 "2005-03-30T20:37:01Z")

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Where did the missing 20 minutes go, though?

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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:** [March 30, 2005, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timestamps-restored-to-currency/296953/7 "2005-03-30T21:50:15Z")

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> [@Hoodoo Ulove](#):
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> Where did the missing 20 minutes go, though?

Rosmary Woods died recently, so we may never know.

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**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timestamps-restored-to-currency/296953/8 "2005-03-30T21:52:23Z")

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> [@Hoodoo Ulove](#):
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> Where did the missing 20 minutes go, though?

We lost it back in the 1960s. At the deepest point in the ocean.

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**Author:** ![FatBaldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@FatBaldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FatBaldGuy)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timestamps-restored-to-currency/296953/9 "2005-03-30T22:31:09Z")

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> [@Clothahump](#):
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> We lost it back in the 1960s. At the deepest point in the ocean.

But only once.