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JimboFletch -> Server Time Slow (6/11/2008 5:01:52 PM)

This is pretty minor, but I thought I'd share...

I noticed that the Server Time (on FCN) is about 5 minutes slow. The only reason it caught my attention was that I made minor edits to a couple posts today and they had the "Edited by" message that's usually delayed. Then I began noticing that the time-stamp of any post I made was 5 minutes off, So I went to the official US time clock and verified my PC was correct.

Anyway, here's the LINK for Eastern Time.



bluestone -> RE: Server Time Slow (6/12/2008 10:53:11 AM)

I noticed the same thing a while back.



JimboFletch -> RE: Server Time Slow (6/16/2008 3:13:46 PM)

Still slow five days later... Can't understand why.



Ps103 -> RE: Server Time Slow (6/16/2008 4:04:59 PM)

Hey Jimbo!

I checked just now, and the FCN clock, my computer's clock, my Atomic clock and the nist website are all in sync.

It is almost an hour since you made your post. Maybe there are temporary lags (I havae only checked when ou posted now and the other day), or something, but I am not noticing the problem at all.

(Not saying you aren't--just saying it is fine here[;)])



Ps103 -> RE: Server Time Slow (6/16/2008 4:06:22 PM)

Okay--I *did* notice something.[:D]

I made the above post at 4:10, but it shows as 4:04[&:]

But, on the main forums page, the time is right.

Hmmmmm



Ps103 -> RE: Server Time Slow (6/16/2008 4:10:23 PM)

Test: 4:15



JimboFletch -> RE: Server Time Slow (6/16/2008 4:11:55 PM)

I did not notice the current server time on the main page before. But posts definitely show a several minute delay, resulting in those annoying "Edited By" messages much earlier than they used to. Other than that, I don't suppose it hurts anything.



Ps103 -> RE: Server Time Slow (6/16/2008 4:14:01 PM)

I feel like I am posting in the past[&:]

Yeah, aside from the "edited by" messages, it doesn't really do anything...except drive me bats now that I have seen it....



Kath -> RE: Server Time Slow (6/16/2008 6:54:02 PM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: Ps103

I feel like I am posting in the past[&:]

Yeah, aside from the "edited by" messages, it doesn't really do anything...except drive me bats now that I have seen it....


[sm=shocked.gif]
I wonder if being out of sync is causing the runtime errors! They are certainly getting worse.



Ps103 -> RE: Server Time Slow (6/16/2008 8:19:33 PM)

That may be!



Ps103 -> RE: Server Time Slow (6/17/2008 6:41:31 PM)

Test: 6:45

Edit:6:46

Edit: 6:47

Edit: 6:48



Ps103 -> RE: Server Time Slow (6/17/2008 6:44:49 PM)

I got to thinking about this[:D]

If the post time is slow, you actually get *more* time to edit, not less.

It took four minutes for the message to show up in the above post.



Ps103 -> RE: Server Time Slow (6/17/2008 6:45:55 PM)

*But*--the time under the post, in the "edited by" message, is the correct time....



JimboFletch -> RE: Server Time Slow (6/26/2008 5:14:34 PM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: Ps103

I got to thinking about this[:D]

If the post time is slow, you actually get *more* time to edit, not less.

It took four minutes for the message to show up in the above post.

No, it's the other way around. However time is kept makes it seem like almost 5 minutes have past the instant you post. With just a little delay in making a minor change, the forum code decides you've gone too long and inserts the "Edited" message.

So instead of having about 5 minutes to make a change, you get less than a minute...



JimboFletch -> RE: Server Time Slow (6/26/2008 5:16:11 PM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: Ps103

*But*--the time under the post, in the "edited by" message, is the correct time....

Yeah... if it was consistent, there would be no problem. The dual standard almost makes it seem to be intentional.



Kath -> RE: Server Time Slow (6/26/2008 8:47:17 PM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: JimboFletch

quote:

ORIGINAL: Ps103

*But*--the time under the post, in the "edited by" message, is the correct time....

Yeah... if it was consistent, there would be no problem. The dual standard almost makes it seem to be intentional.



I don't think so. It's happened before, and they had do something, I can't remember what. There is a thread about in feedback somewhere where they talked about this but I have no clue where.



manda59 -> RE: Server Time Slow (6/27/2008 7:33:26 AM)

Would this account for why you seem to get the Flood Control message even after a couple of minutes has elapsed, for both posts and (especially) private messages? With private messages it can take forever to be able to reply, if you're having an exchange with someone.



Fritzpw_Admin -> RE: Server Time Slow (6/27/2008 10:18:21 AM)

Make your computer clock match the forums time at the bottom of the main page.

The forums server is configured to pull from the atomic clock.



Ps103 -> RE: Server Time Slow (6/27/2008 12:58:44 PM)

Test: 1:04p



Ps103 -> RE: Server Time Slow (6/27/2008 1:07:07 PM)

(The above was just making sure it was still the same--now it seems to be slower than it was originally.)

Fritz--

The server time on the main forums page matches the clock on my computer and the atomic clock in the living room, as well as the nist site.

I posted the above post at 1:04 and maybe ten seconds, but it shows up on the post as 12:58:44. Somewhere up there, I posted and edited each minute until the edit message showed up. I think it took four minutes for me (and I thought the edit time was two minutes, so I was getting more time than I thought I had). When the message showed up, it matched the server time on the forums main page, not the time it was showing on the OP.

The post times do not match the server time--that is what Jimbo is talking about.

I did find a post a long time ago in this folder where the post time was several minutes *ahead* of the server time.

I never noticed it before. I don't think it bothers me--I have sticking keys on my computer, so I edit messages all the time to add them back in[8|]. But that is what Jimbo is talking about.



JimboFletch -> RE: Server Time Slow (6/27/2008 5:28:44 PM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: Fritzpw_Admin

Make your computer clock match the forums time at the bottom of the main page.

The forums server is configured to pull from the atomic clock.

It is.

Post something and look at the time stamp on your post. It doesn't match your PC or the main page, it's about 5 minutes or so off.



manda59 -> RE: Server Time Slow (6/30/2008 6:47:53 AM)

Testing.


Edit: yep, still over 5 minutes slow.


(you can see from the edit, which was done within 60 seconds of posting, that this is the case)



JimboFletch -> RE: Server Time Slow (7/7/2008 10:05:54 AM)

I just noticed, posting time now matches the main page again.

THANKS!
[sm=thumbsup.gif]



Fritzpw_Admin -> RE: Server Time Slow (7/7/2008 1:10:41 PM)

Thanks to the IT team for correcting the issue.



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