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Thread ID: 78098 2007-04-02 22:45:00 The forum clock FoxyMX (5) PC World Chat
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537906 2007-04-04 06:14:00 What is it with this topic popping up on a regular basis?

Just synced my WinXPProx64 to time.windows.com.

Shock and horror. My wristwatch was out by some 53 seconds. Last time I did this was some four months ago. I prefer my watch and clocks in the house to be about a minute fast. This includes alarm clocks and others.
Reason being I don't want to be late for work, miss recording a TV show, late for an appointment etc.

As for file date and time or postings in forums I'm not about to get into milliseconds.

It has probably taken me between 3 - 7 minutes to type this.

Computer says 17:19 when I post this.
Sweep (90)
537907 2007-04-04 06:16:00 What is it with this topic popping up on a regular basis?

Just synced my WinXPProx64 to time.windows.com.

Shock and horror. My wristwatch was out by some 53 seconds. Last time I did this was some four months ago. I prefer my watch and clocks in the house to be about a minute fast. This includes alarm clocks and others.
Reason being I don't want to be late for work, miss recording a TV show, late for an appointment etc.

As for file date and time or postings in forums I'm not about to get into milliseconds.

It has probably taken me between 3 - 7 minutes to type this.

Computer says 17:19 when I post this.

So approximately 5 minutes behind.
Sweep (90)
537908 2007-04-04 06:17:00 A cronjob is a scheduled task. Cron is the scheduling system used by Linux / Unix. If I remember correctly, the PressF1 server runs Fedora Core 5.

Great. Thanks!
allblack (6574)
537909 2007-04-04 06:21:00 As Bletch says. A cron or scheduled task will do the job.
Why worry about 5 minutes though?
Sweep (90)
537910 2007-04-04 06:24:00 It's Wednesday. All day. That's close enough. Graham L (2)
537911 2007-04-04 11:05:00 It's Wednesday. All day. That's close enough.2007 is good enough for me :) Greg (193)
537912 2007-04-05 03:47:00 As Bletch says. A cron or scheduled task will do the job.
Why worry about 5 minutes though?

Because I keep missing the start of my TV programmes. :rolleyes:
FoxyMX (5)
537913 2007-04-05 03:56:00 That's easily fixed. Just turn on DST and you'll be in front of the TV set in plenty of time. :cool: Graham L (2)
537914 2007-04-05 05:38:00 Man, it's wroth not fixing the clock just to see how it messes with your heads .... Biggles (121)
537915 2007-04-05 07:05:00 Man, it's wroth not fixing the clock just to see how it messes with your heads ....

I assumed that something else already messed with them... the clock is just a bonus :thumbs:
Shortcircuit (1666)
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