Google "Date and time" - a bug or a strange gadget?
If you use services from Google, then you should know that
There is a possibility to create an iGoogle page. A page is a set of customizable gadgets, such as "weather", "poster", etc.
One of Google’s proposed gadgets is “Exact Time and Date . ”
Description: "Check your watches on your personal iGoogle page."
I think that any normal person interprets such a description as: “the gadget is synchronized with some server and gives the current date and time”.
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In reality, the gadget is synchronized with a local date and time. Ie, if you have a wrong date on your machine, then the gadget will show it in the same way incorrectly.
What is it? A bug, a strange gadget or I do not understand something?
This may seem silly arrivals for service, but when you wake up in the morning, look at the date on the computer, you understand that it is set up incorrectly and you want to know the exact date ... I tried for a long time to understand how I didn’t notice 2x weekend)
There is a possibility to create an iGoogle page. A page is a set of customizable gadgets, such as "weather", "poster", etc.
One of Google’s proposed gadgets is “Exact Time and Date . ”
Description: "Check your watches on your personal iGoogle page."
I think that any normal person interprets such a description as: “the gadget is synchronized with some server and gives the current date and time”.
')
In reality, the gadget is synchronized with a local date and time. Ie, if you have a wrong date on your machine, then the gadget will show it in the same way incorrectly.
What is it? A bug, a strange gadget or I do not understand something?
This may seem silly arrivals for service, but when you wake up in the morning, look at the date on the computer, you understand that it is set up incorrectly and you want to know the exact date ... I tried for a long time to understand how I didn’t notice 2x weekend)
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/39166/
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