It's because your PC is set to the wrong timezone - probably USA Eastern Seaboard time, or something - and the usenet system is believing your 18:02, and adjusting it to UK time.
But that isn't the problem. He has to reset his clock by clicking on it and checking what year it is running in as well as adjusting it for the minutes being out, before bothering with the days months and hours.
It could be that the CMOS battery is duff. They only last about 8 years although they can go to 10 or more. I always remove my power cable these days when the PC is not in use.
I had a PSU blow up on me due to a faulty DVD Writer. (I hope, 'cause that's what's been taken out to cure it.)
The times zones run at 1 hourly intervals. Minutes will be the same wherever.
tony sayer wrote in news:RtmnlGC+ snipped-for-privacy@bancom.co.uk:
If you (OP) are using Windows, you probably don't need to go looking. Windows 2000 onwards (XP, server 2003, etc.) have time management built-in. You might need to configure it - but that is likely required with any third-party software as well. Mind, I don't think that is the problem either - access usenet directly.
The initial time stamp in the header is Fri, 12 May 2006 05:31:03 -0500
This indicates that it posted at 5:31 am by a PC whose timezone is 5 hours behind GMT (or 6 hours behind BST) - so that means 11:31 UK time.
According to DIY Banter, it was posted at 1:19pm UK time - which is nearly 2 hours later. However, that time is clearly wrong because someone answered your message at 11:58 am - which would require a degree of clairvoyance!
I suspect that we have two separate probems here - each of which needs sorting individually.
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