# What time is it?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-is-it/85938>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [October 7, 2001, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-is-it/85938 "2001-10-07T16:53:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![ozonebaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/eb8c5e/32.png) [@ozonebaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ozonebaby)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2001, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-is-it/85938/1 "2001-10-07T16:53:44Z")

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Is it just me, or is the clock on this website behind an hour? I logged on at 12:37 (I looked at the clock because I’ve been trying to figure this out) and when I got on it said, “Welcome back da’ cook. You last visited on 10-7-01 (this wasn’t there but that’s today as I am writing this) at 11:37.” I wasn’t even on the internet at 11:37. In fact, I hadn’t even gotten out of bed(I like to sleep late) yet! Are the people running this site in another time zone. I’m in eastern so what are they, central? 😕

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**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2001, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-is-it/85938/2 "2001-10-07T16:57:04Z")

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> \*Originally posted by da’ cook \*  
> \*\*Is it just me, or is the clock on this website behind an hour? I logged on at 12:37 (I looked at the clock because I’ve been trying to figure this out) and when I got on it said, “Welcome back da’ cook. You last visited on 10-7-01 (this wasn’t there but that’s today as I am writing this) at 11:37.” I wasn’t even on the internet at 11:37. In fact, I hadn’t even gotten out of bed(I like to sleep late) yet! Are the people running this site in another time zone. I’m in eastern so what are they, central? 😕 \*\*

Yes, the **Chicago** Reader is in the Central time zone. You can set the board to show posts relative to your time zone in your profile settings. (You can set it ahead or behind as many zones as you need it.)

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**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2001, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-is-it/85938/3 "2001-10-07T18:08:25Z")

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This is really more a question About This Message Board, so I’ll move it there.

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**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-is-it/85938/4 "2001-10-08T03:10:10Z")

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I have 11:08 pm on 10/7/01, and I’m in EDT.