Thread: Paperwhite clock doesn't keep right time
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Old 04-06-2013, 02:09 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by jgaiser View Post
Actually... Most modern *computers* need to call home (aka NTP servers) regularly to keep the clocks set right. Internal clock circuits just aren't accurate enough.
Errrm... sorry. I'm actually running a few servers, and the discrepancy (without NTP) would usually be in the order of a few seconds (minutes, at most) per year. That's an entirely different order of magnitude than the one discussed here. The Kindles seem to occasionally set their times to completely random values. Maybe BeccaPrice can provide some examples (I can't provide any right now, but I remember the dates being off by months occasionally -- and it wasn't the usual "1970/01/01" thing one might expect (and could explain)).
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