Timestamp always 2hrs and 18min slow

[PistilPete]

It's not a big deal at all. It's just the 18min that's a bit strange to me.

No matter what i change my timezone, dst, etc. to my time stamp is always 2 hrs and 18min slow. My last post was at 7:26am here and it comes up as 5:08am.

ICMag making me do math and shit at 7am.

 

[Guest 16149]

I agree, you would think we could get halfway close to the correct time on minutes at least

 

[SeaMaiden]

I thought it was just me.

 

[Bullfrog44]

The clock has slowly gotten off over the last 5 years and it takes way too much time to adjust. That is my understanding of it at least.

 

[Headbandf1]

It the time zone for where every you said your country was when you signed up - In in Afghanistan.

 

[SeaMaiden]

I have mine set to PST (with auto-detect DST) and it's not one hour off, it's two hours + however many minutes. All time zones are set by hours, not minutes, yes?

 

[Headbandf1]

then the sever clock is off. I did not know that!

 

[SeaMaiden]

Maybe the server clock is hosted in....





wait for it......



































wait for it....









































Stockton.

 

[Headbandf1]

no wounder they don't fix it. I wouldn't risk dieing for it either.

 

[oldpink]

the server is in Holland so its 1 hr off GMT to start with, its also not set to pick up summer / winter time changes (1hr) and yes over the years it has lost time so that explains why the clock is off
it will be sorted when we do a major update but that means taking IC off line and reconfiguring the server
and other issues meaning a lot of downtime which normally sends panic through our members or causes withdrawal symptoms

 

[yortbogey]

NO .....not the shutdown.....withdrawls.....anything but that.......

 

[WelderDan]

the server is in Holland so its 1 hr off GMT to start with, its also not set to pick up summer / winter time changes (1hr) and yes over the years it has lost time so that explains why the clock is off
it will be sorted when we do a major update but that means taking IC off line and reconfiguring the server
and other issues meaning a lot of downtime which normally sends panic through our members or causes withdrawal symptoms

^^^^^^

I was a Network engineer in another life. I dealt with servers in multiple countries and time zones and this was pretty common. As an example, if the CMOS battery croaks in a server and it goes though an unscheduled reboot, it could suddenly read Jan 1 1988 or some other wacko time. Getting a new email dated several years in the past is pretty weird, but it's a lot more common that you might think. Computers aren't smart, they only follow the instructions they are given.

 

[PistilPete]

Nice fix, admin! Just noticed it's on time.

 

[Strainhunter]

I can only guess it must have been reincarnated Skip!