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Phileas Fogg
Phileas Fogg
Well-Connected

Mar-31-2005 00:35

Is it just me, or is the daily 'zero hour' getting earlier and earlier?

It used to be that I could depend on its being 6.15pm, my local time - give or take a minute....

Then I noticed that it was happening before 6pm (local time) - and today it has happened by 5.30pm!

Either the Earth's day has changed to 23hrs 55 minutes and I hadn't noticed, or...?

Phileas - 5.47pm, Canberra local time

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jstkdn
jstkdn
Well-Connected

Mar-31-2005 08:24

Sometimes I have to laugh at myself. For a minute I thought that the "zero hour" was a special term to indicate where the sun was, or day light savings time, or some other special reference in the English language I did not know.
It took me a whole 5 minutes what that could possibly be in Dutch.

Then I realized, ah midnight Sleuth server time.

Sleuth Admin
Sleuth Admin
Tale Spinner

Mar-31-2005 11:14

OK, ok. I've synchronised the Sleuth server time with the official US atomic clock.

The Daily aging process that gives everybody a new set of daily mysteries is still scheduled to run 4 minutes after midnight (server time).


jstkdn
jstkdn
Well-Connected

Mar-31-2005 14:39

Can you perhaps put the clock 5 minutes later then the actual time, then I will show up in time for my appointments.

KIDDING!

Lady Grey
Lady Grey

Mar-31-2005 14:57

It is fashionable for a Lady to be late Jstkdn

jstkdn
jstkdn
Well-Connected

Mar-31-2005 15:49

Me....fashionable? :)

Jojo
Jojo
Old Shoe

Mar-31-2005 15:58

Oh, you know it is true!

jstkdn
jstkdn
Well-Connected

Mar-31-2005 16:20

Considering that it's sleuth time, I show up REALLY early for my appointments.

Phileas Fogg
Phileas Fogg
Well-Connected

Mar-31-2005 17:41

Sorry, jstkdn, I should have been more specific....

And it hasn't been a major disaster - its just that sometimes I might try to finish off a case or two before the daily reset, to find out that I'm too late... :-)

Big Bertha
Big Bertha
Well-Connected

Apr-2-2005 15:12

Ben,
thanks for setting the clock, but since this weekend is daylight savings time, you should have waited...or will it adjust automatically with DST?

Phileas Fogg
Phileas Fogg
Well-Connected

Apr-11-2005 04:16

Ah... I finally realised that Daylight Savings Time just ended in my part of the world....

Hehe.

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