Forum Time

[MartinS]

Was just online, looking at my profile, and it said i was lat online at 08.55AM Today, when the time is/was 08.48AM on both my watch and PC. Does the server this is hosted on control the time?
It's not a big deal, but just thought I'd mention it.
Martin

 

[markandhisfish]

i dont know but i doubt your fish care

 

[shelaghfishface]

hmm says 10.49 now and its actually 10.42..wonder what time i`ll make this post

nope its 10.44

 

[OohFeeshy]

There was a topic about this a few weeks back. It affects a lot of forums, not much that can be done about it, and it's not like it's overly important if it's a bit off.

 

[Bignose]

The only frustrating thing is when the forum's spam delay effects you and it tell you you can't post or PM until xx:xx again, and that is 6 minutes into the future, it seems really harsh. Unfortunately, it is a recurring problem, and we can't seem to get it solved.

 

[rdd1952]

This has been a constant problem going back for over a year. I know Tolak has reset the close numerous times only to have it happen again. Oddly enough, it seems to gain that 5 to 8 minutes back quickly and then run normally.

 

[andy]

should be fixed now.

 

[rdd1952]

Appears to be right back to about 7 minutes fast. I have 7:01 PM and it shows 7:08. Odd that it gets to 7 minutes quickly and then keeps normal from there without getting any farther off.

 

[andy]

Appears to be right back to about 7 minutes fast. I have 7:01 PM and it shows 7:08. Odd that it gets to 7 minutes quickly and then keeps normal from there without getting any farther off.

with respect, I think your clock is wrong.

The server is synced against network time servers, it's clock (in BST) is correct.... I've just confirmed system time is correct against the time server:



root@purg:~# date
Wed Jun 16 01:05:04 BST 2010
root@purg:~# ntpdate ntp0.ja.net
16 Jun 01:05:09 ntpdate[3988]: adjust time server 193.62.22.66 offset -0.002285 sec
root@purg:~# date
Wed Jun 16 01:05:11 BST 2010


If the clock is wrong, there must be some setting within the forum which is setting it incorrectly - the server time is fine.

 

[Tolak]

Synced the forum with the server again. For some reason over time it slips forward or back, I'll try to keep track of it as far as time and frequency.

 

[OohFeeshy]

Testing- PC clock says 20.01.

Edit- well that seems to be fine at the moment.