PPrune Clock??
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PPrune Clock??
Just noticed it's out - reading ahead by 5 minutes?? Am I really in a time warp OR is it like the telly so they get a few minutes to edit out the swear words?
Am only worried cos my habits are scrutinised by the missus and that 5 minutes could get me into BIG trouble one day....hehe!
Am only worried cos my habits are scrutinised by the missus and that 5 minutes could get me into BIG trouble one day....hehe!
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There is the Internet NTP [Network Time Protocol] or even the SNTP [Simple Network Time Protocol]. They have been implemented for a number of operating systems, but I'm not sure whether for Mac systems. Clock synchronization to well within a millisecond is normal.
BTW, the "father" of NTP is something of an aviation buff - keeping track of even which runway his airliner uses at each airport. His eyesight is too poor to drive, much less be a pilot. He's located at the Univ of Delaware, USA. IIRC the NTP document is Internet RFC 1305. There is an active newsgroup.
sc
BTW, the "father" of NTP is something of an aviation buff - keeping track of even which runway his airliner uses at each airport. His eyesight is too poor to drive, much less be a pilot. He's located at the Univ of Delaware, USA. IIRC the NTP document is Internet RFC 1305. There is an active newsgroup.
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According to my "super accurate" hand held GPS, the PPRune Clock is 2 minutes fast - immediately after page refresh. Don't forget that if you spend five minutes reading a page, the clock will read the time when our hard worked server first dished it up to your computer.
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From: The Burrow, N53:48:02 W1:48:57, The Tin Tent - EGBS, EGBO
For those of you worried about your timekeeping try: http://www.worldtimeserver.com it's a free link to your local atomic clock (Rugby for those in UK) All you need do is ping it every so often an d it will update the time on your computer if necessary. 
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The PPRuNe server is running slightly fast. Will correct it when I get a chance.
In the meantime, if the time as displayed on posts is out by an hour or more then you probably need to tell us what time zone you live in. You do this by setting it it in your User CP (Control Panel).
The PPRuNe server is set to UTC/Zulu/GMT. The cookie that is set by PPRuNe adjusts the displayed time on your computer (as long as your PC's clock is set correctly) with an offset to the PPRune server time.
In the meantime, if the time as displayed on posts is out by an hour or more then you probably need to tell us what time zone you live in. You do this by setting it it in your User CP (Control Panel).
The PPRuNe server is set to UTC/Zulu/GMT. The cookie that is set by PPRuNe adjusts the displayed time on your computer (as long as your PC's clock is set correctly) with an offset to the PPRune server time.
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Time correct now, have selected the +11 time zone. - The list doesn't give the option for East Australian Standard Summer Time, our clocks are plus one hour until the end of March, then we put them back for winter.
(Queensland doesn't change winter/summer so they remain +10).
(Queensland doesn't change winter/summer so they remain +10).
