What the hell is wrong with my computer time?

aphex

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I noticed it was off by an hour the other day, and today its behind by an hour...

Check this out, i have proof...

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Anna***2515 signed off at 5:36:46 PM.
Anna***2515 signed on at 4:54:27 PM.
Anna***2515 signed off at 5:15:29 PM.
Anna***2515 signed on at 5:23:28 PM.

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aphex

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Originally posted by: minendo
New CMOS battery possibly?

Maybe, its a brand new lappy and seems to keep the minutes fine, just not the hours...
 

Alphathree33

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Although computer time may be displayed to you as minutes an hours, to the best of my knowledge it is a single integer which is can be interpreted as minutes and hours.

At least, that's the way it works with the languages I use. Maybe in the win32 environment it is in fact stored separately as minutes, hours, etc.
 

minendo

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Maybe, its a brand new lappy and seems to keep the minutes fine, just not the hours...
Is the date being displayed properly? It could be due to the automatic adjustment in Windows for daylight savings time.
 

notfred

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Anna***2515 signed off at 5:36:46 PM. <-- if that was yesterday, then it makes perfect sense.
Anna***2515 signed on at 4:54:27 PM.
Anna***2515 signed off at 5:15:29 PM.
Anna***2515 signed on at 5:23:28 PM.
 

aphex

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Originally posted by: notfred
Anna***2515 signed off at 5:36:46 PM. <-- if that was yesterday, then it makes perfect sense.
Anna***2515 signed on at 4:54:27 PM.
Anna***2515 signed off at 5:15:29 PM.
Anna***2515 signed on at 5:23:28 PM.

Nope, it was today. While i had my away message up for about 3 hours...