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…at the very least <\/span>I can say that I am <\/strong>not alone.<\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n

V<\/span>ery often I find myself acting just about as helpless as the most pathetic excuses for\u00a0full grown human beings with whom I interact on a daily basis. Yes, the list is somewhat long, distinguished, and at the very least I can say that I am not alone. However, I can proudly proclaim that I have never gotten on a computer, a tablet, a smartphone, or any other Internet connected device and Googled, “What time is it”?<\/p>\n

Really? I, am, at a real, loss here.<\/p>\n

Am I missing something here? Is there some larger issue of which I am not aware? Does any electronic manufacturer of phones, computers, laptops, tablets, smartphones, beepers, scanners, or palm pilots sell one of these devices without a self updating clock embedded in it? Let’s say for the sake of our less than advanced friends that the embedded clock is\u00a0NOT powered by battery backed up computer chip that is pre-programmed by continuous updates from places like NORAD.”<\/p>\n

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Let me refresh the stage here. Person has a clock telling time on a computer or some device that is connected to the Internet. For some unknown reason the clock does NOT update automatically when the U.S. passes either the beginning or the end of the observance of Daylight Savings Time (DST). Again, person has an Internet enabled device with a clock that they claim hasn’t changed time anyway because DST has been lasting longer over the past 10 years to conserve more energy. So, instead of using the old “Spring forward” or “Fall back” rules we have all grown up with for all of our lives, some people (actually millions\u00a0to reach the top of Google Trends)\u00a0Googled “What time is it”?<\/p>\n

The time is on your computer. Down in the lower right hand corner of your screen. It’s at the top of your smartphone, there in the middle. If you don’t know what time it used to be and you don’t know if this clock has changed with the DST change then try looking at a non-electronic Internet device that’s just a clock. Then compare that “clock” against your computerized Internet enabled time telling machine any difference between the two will give you the answer. When is the last time anyone had to update the system kept time on a computer or phone? Windows 95? iPhone 0?<\/p>\n

Other Google searches for these types of folks are probably:<\/p>\n