From: nospam@needed.invalid   
      
   On Sat, 1/31/2026 4:12 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Sat, 31 Jan 2026 16:08:49 -0500, Paul wrote:   
   >   
   >> My time is off by 1.835 seconds at the moment. The last sync was 30   
   >> minutes ago.   
   >   
   > That sounds unusually bad. On my systems, the time stays accurate to   
   > within a second.   
   >   
   > From years ago, I would do tests like   
   >   
   >     ssh «customer’s premises machine» time   
   >     time   
   >   
   > and have both show the same time.   
   >   
      
   I donated a value, so people would have some   
   idea "what atomic clocks are worth to you" :-)   
      
   Time is a very fluid substance.   
      
      Paul   
      
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