clock inconsistencies

[varek]

Greetings, everyone! May I buy all present a round of their favorite synthehol?

Maybe my computer is acting up, here in Hendricks County, IN, but the time in the corner of my screen shows 8:01 a.m., while our home's battery-run clocks all say 11:01 a.m.--3 hours' difference!

Is my computer just acting wonky (I deny "operator error" accusations!), or is there some glitch in the overall system? Or, is there some upheaval in the global telecommunications system of which I am not aware?

 

[DarthTom]

Greetings, everyone! May I buy all present a round of their favorite synthehol?

Maybe my computer is acting up, here in Hendricks County, IN, but the time in the corner of my screen shows 8:01 a.m., while our home's battery-run clocks all say 11:01 a.m.--3 hours' difference!

Is my computer just acting wonky (I deny "operator error" accusations!), or is there some glitch in the overall system? Or, is there some upheaval in the global telecommunications system of which I am not aware?

You live in Indiana which already is screwed up with time with two separate time zones. Neighbors could actually be 1 hour apart to live within miles of each other.
That must be confusing in trying to coordinate a meeting time.

So obviously your computer has forgotten which time zone it is in.

This is hilarious:

Current time in Indianapolis

Thursday, April 24, 2014 at 11:16:23 AM EDT
Current time in Gary

Thursday, April 24, 2014 at 10:16:23 AM CDT

 

[Kirby]

My wife and I have identical clock radios by our bed, and both are supposed to sync with the Atomic Clock in Boulder, Colorado.
Her clock is consistently correct with true time, while mine is always six minutes faster. All of the sync settings are correct, and I even manually changed the clock to the correct time, and every night it changes back.

 

[DarthTom]

My wife and I have identical clock radios by our bed, and both are supposed to sync with the Atomic Clock in Boulder, Colorado.
Her clock is consistently correct with true time, while mine is always six minutes faster. All of the sync settings are correct, and I even manually changed the clock to the correct time, and every night it changes back.

I c - you're seriously looking for an answer - not trying to be funny.

The clock is broken then - return it/exchange it - or if it's outside the warranty period you're SOL. Buy a new one.

 

[Trekker4747]

Greetings, everyone! May I buy all present a round of their favorite synthehol?

Maybe my computer is acting up, here in Hendricks County, IN, but the time in the corner of my screen shows 8:01 a.m., while our home's battery-run clocks all say 11:01 a.m.--3 hours' difference!

Is my computer just acting wonky (I deny "operator error" accusations!), or is there some glitch in the overall system? Or, is there some upheaval in the global telecommunications system of which I am not aware?

Windows O/S?

The clock in the taskbar runs off the computer's processor and it's pretty low-priority. If your computer is over-burdened with other tasks the clock gets pushed further and further down the line which causes it to get out of sync because it runs slower.

Right-click on the clock click on "Adjust Time."

"Internet Time"
"Change Settings"
"Continue" when Defender alerts you.
Check "Synchronize with an Internet time server."
Select a server from the drop-down menu and click "Update."

In the "Date and Time" tab click on "Change Time Zone" and ensure you're set to the correct time zone and that the DST setting is clicked to correspond with whether or not your area practices Daylight Saving Time.

With the Internet Time activated your computer should adjust the time to be correct once a day, 24 hours from whenever you activated it/last manually updated it.

 

[dg1379]

Depending on the age of the pc, the internal battery may be dying as well.

 

[Trekker4747]

Depending on the age of the pc, the internal battery may be dying as well.

The battery only powers the actual system clock which is very different than the clock in Windows. While Windows may rely on the system clock on some level or another (usually when the computer is off) it still "rations" the processing power the visual component of the clock gets and can fall behind, regardless of what is going on with the battery. Having Windows set to "Internet Time" should, more or less, keep the clock in sync. But the clock is still going to lag if the processor and memory are being taxed to the point where the clock isn't getting much resources.

Also if board/CMOS battery were failing the computer would be experiencing other problems as system settings are lost.

 

[RoJoHen]

Greetings, everyone! May I buy all present a round of their favorite synthehol?

Maybe my computer is acting up, here in Hendricks County, IN, but the time in the corner of my screen shows 8:01 a.m., while our home's battery-run clocks all say 11:01 a.m.--3 hours' difference!

Is my computer just acting wonky (I deny "operator error" accusations!), or is there some glitch in the overall system? Or, is there some upheaval in the global telecommunications system of which I am not aware?

First off, which of those is the correct time? Or do you not know? Are you trying to figure out what time it is but can't because you have conflicting information?

 

[Melakon]

I always consult this site after a power failure if the computer time is messed up:

http://www.worldtimeserver.com/current_time_in_US-CA.aspx

 

[Ro_Laren]

What is considered the "official" time? All of the clocks in my house are set to a different time, lol!

 

[Trekker4747]

What is considered the "official" time? All of the clocks in my house are set to a different time, lol!

The time set by the National Institute of Standards and Technology using an Atomic Clock.

 

[Leviathan]

Time dilation is often the result of near lightspeed travel or proximity to a strong gravity well. Simply put, if your clock is wrong slow the hell down and lose some weight.

 

[Trekker4747]

Time dilation is often the result of near lightspeed travel or proximity to a strong gravity well. Simply put, if your clock is wrong slow the hell down and lose some weight.

She'd have weigh quite a bit for her mass to impact the time on her clocks by several minutes.