Bug New posts show a post time as: In 21 minutes

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The discussion centers on the inconsistent post time displays on a forum, with users noticing discrepancies like "In 21 minutes" and "In xx minutes." Participants suggest that the issue arises when the page refreshes, causing confusion between the original download time and the current time. One user humorously proposes a contest to see who can find the most extreme time display, mentioning their own experience with "19 minutes." The conversation highlights the challenges of time zone calculations and how they can lead to errors in timestamp displays. Overall, the thread reflects a lighthearted take on a common technical glitch.
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Time zone calculations, they always fail at some point.
 
I've noticed it happen when I go back to a page and it downloads new content. It looks to me like the page confuses the time it was originally downloaded with the time I went back to it, and times are offset by that difference.
 
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I've seen it "in a moment" lots of times, but not 21 minutes. That music be a record.

Maybe we should have a contest?
 

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