I have yet to see a microwave with correct time

[weird@sub.wetshaving.social]

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[shalafi@lemmy.world]

I got this!

• 80s faux wood alarm clock

• Stove clock

• 70s Pioneer power audio digital timer

• 40s General Electric wall clock (with new guts)

• 5 Casios, including that one

• 3 Swatches

• Handmade (mostly) bathroom clock

My cellphone also has a clock.

[lastunusedusername2@sh.itjust.works]

I've got that exact watch and it's set to the correct time.

My microwave says 00:00 though

[lyra_lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

I looked into this recently - microwave ovens emit an electromagnetic frequency due to the power coursing through them that's very useful for tracking time, so that is why they usually have clocks. The problem is, the frequency is dependent on the power it receives, and mains voltage fluctuates. For example, those in a UK household may have heard that mains voltage is 240V. In reality this is 230-250V (reference below). The clock running a slight bit faster indicates a higher trending voltage than the microwave was rated for.

• My microwave is rated for 230-240V and has a frequency of 2450MHz.

[eheran@lemmy.world]

Did GPT write this? Literally no clock keeps time via mains RMS voltage. They use the frequency, if anything, and that is far more stable than the el cheapo RTCs in microwaves etc.

[gedaliyah@lemmy.world]

Be me waiting for the minute on my phone to change so I can simultaneously press the clock button on the microwave and oven twice a year.

[knossos@lemmy.world]

A person with one watch always knows what time it is; a person with two watches never does.

[postmortal_pop@lemmy.world]

My microwave predates digital timers on microwaves. Never saw the point of a microwave knowing the time of day.

[intensely_human@lemm.ee]

I have no clock in my apartment. To find out what time it is, I need to fire up one of my computers and look. Sometimes it's the kindle

[oldchicoale@lemmy.world]

I just realized this for myself too. Wow.

[sixtyforce@sh.itjust.works]

My appliances don't drift much at all, but my Nissan car is fucked. That dash clock drifts by 5 minutes monthly.

[halosheep@lemm.ee]

I always set an alarm on my phone and press it when the alarm triggers

[compactflax@discuss.tchncs.de]

It’s frequency based. Voltage can’t be used to measure time in anyway I can’t think of.

[compactflax@discuss.tchncs.de]

I in no way can relate to this. In fact the microwave is the most visible clock in the house, given its location. As such it’s always set against if the power blinks out or whatever.

[b_tr3e@feddit.org]

Obsolete. My watch and my two clocks are radio controlled, the computers are synced by NTP. I even run a NTP-pool node.

[tophneal@sh.itjust.works]

I've got the only clock that matters to me , an alarm clock. Worst comes to worst, as long as it has power it can get close enough to current time/date via radio. It also makes setting it to exact time much easier/faster.

[davidgro@lemmy.world]

𝅘𝅥𝅮 Does anybody really care? 𝅘𝅥𝅮

[jimvandeventer@lemmy.world]

• 80s faux wood alarm clock

[venus_ziegenfalle@feddit.org]

My casio watch is radio controlled and solar powered

[gerryflap@feddit.nl]

True. My microwave drifts quite excessively. However it can give a reliable time together with the oven. The oven was designed by some crazy ppl and thus it's almost impossible to change the time. It's usually correct with the minutes and doesn't seem to drift, but for half of the year it's wrong because of daylight saving. Combined with the microwave that is probably like 5-20 minutes ahead but at least close tot he right hour you can get a good sense of the actual time.