What Is Internet Time?

The so-called Internet time is to divide a day into 1000 points (beat), each point is equivalent to 1 minute 26.4 seconds of the traditional timing unit. From October 23, 1998, Internet time officially started to operate.

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The so-called Internet time is to divide a day into 1000 points (beat), each point is equivalent to 1 minute 26.4 seconds of the traditional timing unit. From October 23, 1998,

Internet time is linked to Swiss Biel (the location of the Swatch watch factory) standard time. 0 o'clock in Central European winter time is 0 o'clock as Internet time. Internet time is also a concept that believes that events happen faster than anywhere else on the Internet, or that the Internet has an omnipresent effect on the speed of change. Andy Grove, Intel's CEO, once said, "The world is now running with Internet time." ^[1]

The emergence of Internet time enables Internet users in different time zones to share a time standard, instead of first setting the time in a time zone as in the past, and then converting it into local time. In addition, this time measurement standard uses the decimal system instead of the traditional timing standard's 60 decimal system, which is consistent with our numerical calculation rules and is more convenient when calculating time. Therefore, this time standard is supported by some major Internet development promoters, including the MIT Media Lab. CNN, the largest news media in the United States, has used Swatch's Internet time on its webpage. Programs for converting local time to Internet time, and software for displaying Internet time on a computer or on a web page have also been developed.

Synchronize computer clock --- If your computer belongs to a domain, the computer's clock may be automatically synchronized by the network time server. If your computer is not part of a domain, you can synchronize your computer clock with an Internet time server.

If synchronization is enabled, your computer clock is synchronized with the Internet time server once a week. However, if you do not have a continuous connection to the Internet, automatic synchronization does not occur. In this case, you can perform an immediate synchronization by clicking the Update Now button in the Internet Time tab (on Date and Time in Control Panel).

If time synchronization fails

When you click the "Update Now" button, the clock should sync immediately. If the operation fails, it may be due to several reasons:

1. Not connected to the Internet. Create an Internet connection before trying to synchronize the clock.

2. Personal or network firewall prevents clock synchronization. Most companies or organizations' firewalls, like some personal firewalls, prevent clock synchronization. Home users should read the firewall documentation for information on removing Network Time Protocol (NTP) barriers. If you switch to Windows Firewall, you should be able to synchronize the clock.

3. The Internet time server is busy or temporarily unavailable. If this is the case, you can try to synchronize your clock later or manually update it by double-clicking the clock on the taskbar. You can also try using a different time server.

4. The time displayed on the computer is very different from the current time of the Internet time server. If the computer's time is more than 15 hours behind the time of the Internet time server, the Internet time server cannot synchronize the computer clock. To synchronize the time correctly, make sure that the time and date settings are close to the current time in the Date and Time Properties in Control Panel.