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From: cyliao@hardy.u.washington.edu (Chun-Yao Liao)
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Subject: Re: Daylight savings time
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Date: 3 Nov 90 06:28:41 GMT
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In article <1990Oct29.192654.28687@nntp-server.caltech.edu> madler@piglet.caltech.edu (Mark Adler) writes:
>I went around to all my clocks to change to standard time and what do you
>know, my NeXT had already changed!  One of the advantages of having a
>Unix machine, I suppose.

	mmm.. how interesting... I think you are right 'cause I don't recall
	that I changed the time, and it is giving me the right reading :-)
>
>I've always wondered, however, why it is that my NeXT and my PC, and most
>any other multi-thousand dollar machine can't keep time better than your
>average $5 digital watch?  My NeXT loses about a minuteweek, and my PC
>gains about a minute every two weeks.  My Casio digital watch loses about
>a minute every five months!  And it's not just that watch.

funny, my casio watch gets faster a few seconds each month, but my NeXT is
2 minutes faster than my watch after almost 3 months! While many people 
complained that the clock slowed down, mine speed up!



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