Cascade Posted February 6, 2008 Report Share Posted February 6, 2008 testing The forum time stamp seems to be out by several minutes from my standard time. Is anyone else noticing this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helene_t Posted February 6, 2008 Report Share Posted February 6, 2008 It is now 0h34 GMT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cascade Posted February 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2008 It is now 0h34 GMT. And on my computer your post says it was made at 1:27pm NZ summer time. My computers time clock is showing 1:38pm as I post this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al_U_Card Posted February 6, 2008 Report Share Posted February 6, 2008 Time to change the battery!.... :wacko: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cascade Posted February 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2008 My computers' times are both fine just when i post the time stamp is 7 or 8 minutes prior to when I actually post them. The previous post that I made at 1:38 shows 1:30 when I look at it in forums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finally17 Posted February 6, 2008 Report Share Posted February 6, 2008 More data. 8:44 pm CST. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al_U_Card Posted February 6, 2008 Report Share Posted February 6, 2008 My computers' times are both fine just when i post the time stamp is 7 or 8 minutes prior to when I actually post them. The previous post that I made at 1:38 shows 1:30 when I look at it in forums. Not yours Wayne, I was referring to the server's. :wacko: ps I have the server at 8 min. behind my time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerben42 Posted February 6, 2008 Report Share Posted February 6, 2008 8:53 in the morning (yawn) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerardo Posted February 6, 2008 Report Share Posted February 6, 2008 Thanks Wayne. Fixed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerben42 Posted February 6, 2008 Report Share Posted February 6, 2008 Testing again then (11:17). It works except that it's giving me 12:17, i.e. Eastern European time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshs Posted February 6, 2008 Report Share Posted February 6, 2008 What is time anyway? And why does time have a direction? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helene_t Posted February 6, 2008 Report Share Posted February 6, 2008 What is time anyway? And why does time have a direction? I think it has to to with the second law of termodynamics. We define "future" as the direction related to increasing entropy, and "past" as the direction of decreasing entropy. So the question boils down to: why is entropy a monotonous function of a particular space-time dimension. I don't know the answer to that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted February 6, 2008 Report Share Posted February 6, 2008 I heard that at the moment the Universe starts to deflate, it shall be impossible for any sort of memory. Time will go on forward, but nothing shall retain any information from the past. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al_U_Card Posted February 6, 2008 Report Share Posted February 6, 2008 What is time anyway? And why does time have a direction? The universal principle of refinement allows for local organization (Galaxies, stars, solar systems, planets, people.....) while the rest of the universe tends, through entropy, to become totally random. Time is the quanta of difference that can be established between any two given states of existence. We notice its presence due the "evolution" of the system that we are observing. This is why quantum physics (at the microcosmic level) depends on intention to condense out reality. Time is not a factor at the level of Planck's constant because the "differences" between states are simultaneous. Time's direction is dependent upon the process of evolution and how we perceive it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finch Posted February 6, 2008 Report Share Posted February 6, 2008 Testing again then (11:17). It works except that it's giving me 12:17, i.e. Eastern European time? It always shows the time of a posting (anyone's posting) as your local time. I've noticed it's not always 100% accurate at knowing what your timezone is. Particularly if you work in a company that connects though a proxy server in another country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 Testing again then (11:17). It works except that it's giving me 12:17, i.e. Eastern European time? It always shows the time of a posting (anyone's posting) as your local time. I've noticed it's not always 100% accurate at knowing what your timezone is. Particularly if you work in a company that connects though a proxy server in another country. Are you suggesting Gerben is working for the Ukrainian secret services? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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