TIP: Click on subject to list as thread! ANSI
echo: osdebate
to: mike
from: Geo.
date: 2007-03-06 22:04:28
subject: Re: The DST fiasco

From: "Geo." 

It's off by almost a full minute .

Geo.

"mike"  wrote in message
news:mnrru2dvvm9v40ultngho6a5ra90f2sv3o{at}4ax.com...
>
>
> You should use this Java clock instead.  :)
>
> http://nist.time.gov/timezone.cgi?Eastern/d/-5/java/java
>
>
>  /m
>
>
>
> On Sun, 4 Mar 2007 16:15:37 -0500, "Geo."
 wrote:
>
>>Oh I got one for you. On my website www.nthelp.com is a java based clock
>>right at the top of the page. It gets time from the client machine not
>>from
>>the server.
>>
>>I'm constantly getting emails from folks telling me that the time is off
>>on
>>my website..
>>
>>Geo.
>>
>>"Jim Adams"  wrote in message
>>news:45eb2204$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>> Networked computers are, as you say, a piece of cake.  NET TIME...
>>>
>>> Also, Java does not get it's time from the OS.  Could cause problem with
>>> some applications.  I don't think this is a Y2K type of problem.  But it
>>> could be an inconvenience for some.
>>> --
>>> Jim Adams

--- BBBS/NT v4.01 Flag-5
* Origin: Barktopia BBS Site http://HarborWebs.com:8081 (1:379/45)
SEEN-BY: 633/267
@PATH: 379/45 1 633/267

SOURCE: echomail via fidonet.ozzmosis.com

Email questions or comments to sysop@ipingthereforeiam.com
All parts of this website painstakingly hand-crafted in the U.S.A.!
IPTIA BBS/MUD/Terminal/Game Server List, © 2025 IPTIA Consulting™.