Problem with time!

[jessiemel]

Hi,

I am new here and the clock on the bottom of my page is 20 minutes fast. Is that a known problem with this site.


Thanks.

[Dr. Zeppers]

I concur, it does appear that the server time is about 17-18 minutes ahead (based on the timestamps on posts being about 17-18 minutes ahead of my cable box (time is always synced).

[Andrew]

I really never noticed this, but the time here is 1:40, and at the bottom, it says it is 1:58

I really never noticed this....

[Sven Niscadae]

I've noticed this ever since I've been here. I've been chalking it up to an Australian-based tear in the time-space continuum. Doesn't bother me any.

[Liz Fireburn]

Hmm Ive never noticed that either.
Its 2:44 here now and for me it says 3:01

[Sarah]

Happens about every five weeks or so. Gets a reset, stays correct for about a week, then goes ahead one minute a day til it hits 22 minutes fast. I think it's EKB's way of messing with our heads

[Basil Dreadflint]

I blame Sarah. She steals all the rum from the 50 bottle thread, then doesn't know what to do while she waits for the next batch. She thinks it fills up on a timer or something, so she keeps slipping the clock ahead a few minutes at a time.

And yes, I've noticed it for the entire year or so I've been using the site. I use it to my advantage.
I get to work by my local real time clock, but I leave work by the POF clock! It gives me 18 minutes that I can use to beat the rush hour traffic. (Upsets me when it gets fixed every 5 weeks or so)

[Erich Uchiha]

The whole year i've been on this site, I have never even looked at the clock... lol

[swashbuckler II]

I noticed it a long time ago, I never saw it right tho.........

[Juliana Maria]

I've noticed that too. If you look at your profile it will say your current activity and then say you did it 20 minutes into the future.. i guess we all have time travel abilities hehehe

[Jack I]

Jack_I tries to explain this to the best of his knowledge...

If I remember correctly, it's an issue with updating vB, during the site downtime or something of that effect, the time tends to stop until the site is turned back on, resulting in the time being off a little bit off.

[Batleth]

Originally Posted by Jack I

Jack_I tries to explain this to the best of his knowledge...

If I remember correctly, it's an issue with updating vB, during the site downtime or something of that effect, the time tends to stop until the site is turned back on, resulting in the time being off a little bit off.

Yes, it's an issue with vB itself. Ever since the US adjusted daylight savings time in the spring of '08, vB has been buggy with the time. We keep trying to adjust the clocks but vB time bug still keeps effect us. One of these days, they'll get it fixed. Till then, we have to keep manually adjusting the clock on the server to correct it.

[Batleth]

I got Nick to fix the clock. It'll probably be off before too long, but fixed for now.

[Cannonfury]

Seems no matter what I post, it never updates the recent thread posts in side bar. Its still showing a post made by Basil...that he posted 5 hours ago, followed by posts that other people made before him on other threads.

[Sven Niscadae]

Nick fixed that issue with the time on the server... but set it for Aussie time - so today's posts got changed to tomorrow (since they're in the future and all). So he fixed it again. So... now it's today. Unfortunately any posts that were posted before that last fix are posted tomorrow. Tomorrow will be today when it gets here and all should be fine after tomorrow when today is today. Don't bother clicking New Posts because it'll be stuck on tomorrow until tomorrow.

Another side effect will be that your replies will probably show up BEFORE the post you are replying to. Try using the "Today's Posts" link under Quick Links. Then go down a page until you reach the current time.

It'll all work itself out after tomorrow when posts aren't intermingling with each other.

Pass the rum!