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Why computers still struggle to tell the time
Why computers still struggle to tell the time | PCWorldWhile computers manage many things with extreme precision, they have surprising difficulty keeping track of time.
It’s pretty much impossible for a computer to keep exact time, although accuracy can be improved to the extent that users are willing to spend more money on the problem, said George Neville-Neil, who spoke at the Association for Computing Machinery’s Applicative conference in New York last week.
“There are so many variables in trying to get time better or close to right,” he said.