# What time is it?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-is-it/985>\
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**Created:** [March 9, 2000, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-is-it/985 "2000-03-09T23:03:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2000, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-is-it/985/1 "2000-03-10T22:46:00Z")

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What happened to the clock now? It appears to be a full 24 hours fast.

The time now is 4:47pm (in Chicago) on Thursday, 3/9/00.

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**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2000, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-is-it/985/2 "2000-03-09T23:03:00Z")

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5:05

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**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2000, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-is-it/985/3 "2000-03-09T23:05:00Z")

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Nevermind, it appears to have been corrected or it fixed itself. Thanks anyway, kids.

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**Author:** ![milroyj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@milroyj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milroyj)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2000, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-is-it/985/4 "2000-03-10T00:41:00Z")

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It still appears to be messed up over in Great Debates. The most recent posts all dated 3/10/00 which is tomorrow. Maybe it’s a Leap Day Glitch? If the software didn’t recognize Feb 29th, today _would_ be the 10th.