# Your server/message board clock is about 5 minutes slow

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-server-message-board-clock-is-about-5-minutes-slow/169650>\
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**Created:** [April 19, 2003, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-server-message-board-clock-is-about-5-minutes-slow/169650 "2003-04-19T17:05:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2003, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-server-message-board-clock-is-about-5-minutes-slow/169650/1 "2003-04-19T17:05:50Z")

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Just an FYI

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**Author:** ![wolfstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d6d6ee/32.png) [@wolfstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfstu)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2003, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-server-message-board-clock-is-about-5-minutes-slow/169650/2 "2003-04-19T17:18:09Z")

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Yeah, **astro** … I think they [know](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=169615) 😉

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**Author:** ![KellyM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/57b2e6/32.png) [@KellyM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KellyM)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2003, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-server-message-board-clock-is-about-5-minutes-slow/169650/3 "2003-04-19T18:30:35Z")

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I had noticed this too. I know my clocks aren’t off because I synchronize them against NIST and the UofI. 🙂