# Why are the times people posted all wrong?

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**Created:** [May 25, 2002, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-times-people-posted-all-wrong/110790 "2002-05-25T14:15:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![CnoteChris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2002, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-times-people-posted-all-wrong/110790/1 "2002-05-25T14:15:10Z")

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I’ve been wondering about this ever since the big change- whenever I post (Central Standard, same as the server), the time that shows up in the post is seriously off from the ‘real’ time.

How come?

At first I assumed it was an issue of too many things on the plate, and in a way I can imagine that’s still the case, but on the other hand, it really doesn’t seem like that big of a thing to change.

Color me curious.

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**Author:** ![CnoteChris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2002, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-times-people-posted-all-wrong/110790/2 "2002-05-25T14:20:37Z")

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Aw son of a…

Forget my question please. This was actually a… um… a test. Yeah, that’s it, a **test**.

Testing… Testing…

Yep, it works.

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**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2002, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-times-people-posted-all-wrong/110790/3 "2002-05-25T14:25:19Z")

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Nice save 🙂

Fenris