Bichon

Not a show stopper by any means, but is there any chance you could set the clock on this server accurately? Post times have been off by about 13 minutes (fast) for some time now.

DaveGS4

iTrader: (2)

Wish I could set it myself! I'll ask

RXSF

lol look down on that forum page. i made the same suggestion 3 weeks ago

DaveGS4

iTrader: (2)

Guys the problem with 'just fixing it' as that the sequencing for all the posts would be screwed up after the reset. The way you view them is based on the date/time stamp and if it was reset, posts that were made earlier would suddenly be before the current posts.

We're going to plan a maintenance and optimization window during which there will be no posts (CL will be closed) and the clock can be reset.

Until then, enjoy the free time

Bichon

Thanks for the detailed update, Dave. That sounds like a good plan, but if that maintenance window is a long ways off, or if your hosting provider wants to operate with "best practices", I have another suggestion.

This board is hosted on a FreeBSD server, right? If so, the Unix administrator should consider setting up ntpd (network time protocol daemon) with the "-x" option. ntpd will keep the server synchronized with an accurate Internet time source like time.nist.gov, and the "-x" option will cause ntpd to apply corrections very gradually by running the server clock either fast or slow, applying corrections at a rate of 1/2 millisecond/second. For this board's 13 minute error, the clock will be slowed such that it loses roughly a second every half hour. In sixteen days, the clock will be on-the-money, and will stay there. Since the clock is never set backwards, there would be no issues with post times or ordering.