# What time is it? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 12, 2007, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-is-it/422486 "2007-10-12T17:20:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2007, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-is-it/422486/1 "2007-10-12T17:20:48Z")
The clock on my computer is automatically synched to Apple. The clock on my DVR/Cable box agrees with it. But I’ve noticed that the times on posts on SDMB seem to be two minutes fast. ---
**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 12, 2007, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-is-it/422486/2 "2007-10-12T17:45:17Z")
Time has no meaning to the SDMB, it’s all relative to something or another. Usually the complaint is that the clock is slow, so this is refreshing. It’ll get corrected at some point but I can’t tell you when. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2007, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-is-it/422486/3 "2007-10-12T18:58:13Z")
Does anybody really know what time it is? ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2007, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-is-it/422486/4 "2007-10-12T18:59:07Z")
Does anybody really care? ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2007, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-is-it/422486/5 "2007-10-12T19:04:32Z")
I’ve stopped the clock on my computer, so it’s right twice a day. On the day that we convert from daylight time, it’s right three times that day. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2007, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-is-it/422486/6 "2007-10-12T19:17:19Z")
You forget that Chicago time has no meaning in the real world. ---
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-is-it/422486/7 "2007-10-13T16:11:56Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] The clock on my computer is automatically synched to Apple. The clock on my DVR/Cable box agrees with it. But I’ve noticed that the times on posts on SDMB seem to be two minutes fast. [/QUOTE] The clock resets itself to standard time after 24 hours of continuous service. It has been a while. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-is-it/422486/8 "2007-10-13T17:21:13Z")
Here’s a test. It’s 1:18 here, eastern time which ought to be an hour ahead of Chicago time. Lately, Straight Dope time has been roughly 2 hours off mine.