time change question

15 years ago

The time in New Mexico is an hour off from Oklahoma. My phone shows the local time. I didn't change anything. It just did it.

Has yours ever done that?

On the other hand, my laptop is still on Oklahoma time. Thought those things were "smart". LOL

Now my daughter from Oklahoma, her time didn't change. Weird.

She thinks there is a tracking device on my phone. Are there such options?

Moni

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cynic
15 years ago
Computers have a built in clock. Some cellphones get the time/date from the cell system instead of programmed into the phone. You're getting your cell service from a local tower and the local tower determines the local time. Follow what I'm saying?
country_bumpkin_al
15 years ago
Mine changes automatically if I go into a different time zone! Kinda freaked me out the 1st time it did it! lol
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jen1879
15 years ago
There may be an option in some of your settings to turn on or off whether it changes automatically. I know one I had before did. I turned it off when we were nearly late on our way somewhere because we didn't know it had changed so we thought it was an hour earlier. I wasn't happy with that phone! Lol
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15 years ago
My iPhone will change the time when I travel to a different time zone automatically.
jannie
15 years ago
I had trouble with my bedroom clock last night. Our electricity went off briefly. When it came back on, I changed it to the time my husband's watch showed-8:32. Then I looked at our satellite box and it showed 9:32, so I changed it again. Later that night it showed 10:41 and the satellite showed 11:41 so I changed it yet again. All clocks match today. But so strange. Feel like I was in The Twilight Zone last night.
Tigerlil
15 years ago
Mine changes automatically too.Moni,where in NM were/are you? I am in Albuquerque.
jemdandy
15 years ago
Most cell phones gets a time cue from the nearest tower. (Naturally, it has to be turned on to find a tower.) When you travel across time zones - and the cell phone is on - the time zone changes will be set automatically in the phone.

Your personal computer (PC) is a different matter. It has an internal clock much like your wrist watch. Its frequency is crystal controlle just like a watch and runs independently of ouside items. Over days and months, it can drift off just like any clock.

The operating system of the oomputer is programmed to make a daylight saving change at two given dates in the year. When the daylight saving date were changed in the past year or so, Microsoft sent out a patch to their operating systems to change the built-in date of change.

In general, if you move your computer to a different time zone, it does not change its time settings. But that may not always be true. If certain software is installed to automatically set the computer's time each time it is turned on, and connected to the internet, it will do so. If the computer can access the internet without any action from the user, the software will make the connections and sync the time clock. If the computer can not automatically access the internet, the time adjustment will take place the next time the used connects to the internet.

Rather than be caught unaware, I prefer to be notified and manually set the clock myself. In that way, I become aware of the change. This has importance when backing up files. Backup routines uses the "time of creation stamp" of the file to decide which same named file is the newer one. It is possible to overwrite a newer file with an older one on restore under certain circumatances. Say you have a file with a time stamp of 3:00 pm, and then store a backup. Now, set the computer clock back to 2:00pm and edit the file marked 3:00 pm. The newer file may have time stamp of 2:15 pm, but the backup set will have an older version time stamped 3:00pm. If you do a restore from the backup set at this point, the older 3:00pm file will overwrite the newer 2:15pm file.

Confused? Probably. Just remember that PCs have a built-in clock that runs independently and requires minor adjustment from time to time. Some PC systems may have software that automates the clock adjustment.

Cell phones gets time cues from the tower it is communicating with. When the cell phone is off, its clock/calender continues to run like a watch.
susanjf_gw
15 years ago
ours do it all the time...in fact my last phone would go into travel mode, everytime i drove over to see dd2...(about 1/2h away)
hgl_gaylemarie
15 years ago
How strange! I never knew this. I haven't traveled in a while.