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CdnLynx Champion Author Ontario Posts:1,024 Points:524,960 Joined:May 2008	Message Posted: Jul 19, 2012 9:38:40 PM Ignore CdnLynx Report Abuse Tried to get some posts in under the wire, however my posts made it under the new day. My computer time was over a min to go; far different then your computer time. Checked my clock, with the US Navy Master clock; my computer followed their master clock by only 1 second. Please check your website timings as I firmly believe they are off, resulting in posts not making the daily deadline! Thanks in Advance! US Navy Master clock

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Tried to get some posts in under the wire, however my posts made it under the new day.
My computer time was over a min to go; far different then your computer time.

Checked my clock, with the US Navy Master clock; my computer followed their master clock by only 1 second.

Please check your website timings as I firmly believe they are off, resulting in posts not making the daily deadline! Thanks in Advance!

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scoutmaster Champion Author Pittsburgh Posts:81,337 Points:3,254,595 Joined:Mar 2003	Message Posted: Aug 9, 2012 3:50:22 AM Ignore scoutmaster Report Abuse ziyulu, Your post was time stamped at 8:42:10 AM EDT.
GoGoGoodyear Champion Author Los Angeles Posts:2,055 Points:508,975 Joined:Mar 2010	Message Posted: Aug 9, 2012 3:21:31 AM Ignore GoGoGoodyear Report Abuse CdnLynx, I documented the same problem, and it can occur as much as one hour before midnight local time, and only seems to affect points gathered for forum posts, not price updates or reading news articles. See the discussion in this thread in the Talk Back To Us forum.
clww Champion Author Virginia Posts:44,779 Points:1,535,825 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Aug 8, 2012 9:13:23 PM Ignore clww Report Abuse Oh My!
ziyulu Champion Author Oklahoma City Posts:8,504 Points:1,603,850 Joined:Aug 2007	Message Posted: Jul 20, 2012 5:42:10 AM Ignore ziyulu Report Abuse I found it funny that when I got to this page, it showed 7:42 AM, but once I hit "Post a Reply", the clock went to 7:41 AM. I guess we can go back in time?
TxJeans Champion Author Tampa Posts:3,555 Points:370,630 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Jul 20, 2012 2:29:12 AM Ignore TxJeans Report Abuse Or, they could just look at the time up in the top right corner to see what GB is displaying? Would not that time pull from the GB time? different from USNO [Edited by: TXJEANS at 7/20/2012 5:37:16 AM EST]
rumbleseat Champion Author Winnipeg Posts:22,933 Points:3,531,325 Joined:Oct 2002	Message Posted: Jul 20, 2012 2:18:52 AM Ignore rumbleseat Report Abuse If you are close to the time wire, go to Winnipeg, Edmonton, or Vancouver sites, your log-in is good for all GasBuddy sites. Do not go to US sites if you are posting prices, they won't post properly because Canadian sites don't have an assumed .9 cents, US sites do, but for forum posts you can use any Canadian or US site in the next time zone
Alex9990 Champion Author Jacksonville Posts:7,186 Points:1,710,165 Joined:May 2003	Message Posted: Jul 20, 2012 12:06:19 AM Ignore Alex9990 Report Abuse Regardless if the website is off a couple minutes, it is best to post gas prices, posting, reading news earlier than just a couple minutes before midnight on the site that your on. Oh, and as a side note, if you think you are going to not make the midnight cut off, you can always sign on to another site in a timezone that is behind you to get the needed news and forum postings to get your points.
CampKohler Champion Author Sacramento Posts:9,467 Points:1,563,245 Joined:May 2007	Message Posted: Jul 19, 2012 11:45:19 PM Ignore CampKohler Report Abuse Wow! That Navy clock is right on the money! I know that for a fact, because it matches the clock in the corner of my Windows desktop. :-)