What time is it?

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ITS HIIIIIIGH NOON
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Hey there, Vince here, and welcome to Circuit Rewind!

Today, I'm going to go over a tutoral on how to tell time

*picks up phone and looks at it*

It is currently -actual time-

Well, that's it, see you in the next one!

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hacker:	But how does your PHONE know what time it is?

me:		-shrug- It gets the time from another computer! okay BYE!

hacker:	but how does THAT computer know the time?

me:		-shrug- It talks to another computer? Yup, that's it. BYE!

hacker:	woah woah woah, wait a sec bro. i saw the video thumbnail.
		you promised us a "Stratum 1" time server!
		deliver the goods.... or else ....

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telling time is a complicated problem in computer science


time server vs time source