# Timing out of sync

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timing-out-of-sync/143779>\
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**Created:** [December 19, 2002, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timing-out-of-sync/143779 "2002-12-19T12:55:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dragon\_Phoenix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Dragon\_Phoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragon_Phoenix)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timing-out-of-sync/143779/1 "2002-12-19T12:55:53Z")

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There’s at least 5 min difference between the SD time and the real time (corrected for time zones). What’s up with at?

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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timing-out-of-sync/143779/2 "2002-12-19T16:11:08Z")

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(Putting on my thinking cap) Could it be that the clock on the server running the SDMB is 5 minutes off from the real time?

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**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2002, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timing-out-of-sync/143779/3 "2002-12-29T08:07:32Z")

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Maybe you’re looking at a page that’s five minutes or so out of date. The time is only updated when the page loads, not automatically.

Or maybe the problem is at your end.

It’s hard to tell, really.

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**Author:** ![reprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@reprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reprise)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2002, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timing-out-of-sync/143779/4 "2002-12-29T08:11:29Z")

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I just checked the server time against the atomic clock, and it seems to be closer to 9 minutes slow than 5.

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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:** [December 29, 2002, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timing-out-of-sync/143779/5 "2002-12-29T08:38:12Z")

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I agree with **reprise**. The time differences seemed especially noticeable over the Christmas-Boxing Day period. Too much eggnog for th’ hamsters, you think? 🙂