I have yet to see a microwave with correct time

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.

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

Not sure why we're throwing the Casio F-91W under the bus for this joke - the thing runs for years on one battery and only shifts off true time at like 1 second per year. They're more accurate than alot of Casio's more luxurious models even.

My microwave deserves the slander, though. Mechanical watches too, though they're still nice to use. Speaking of which, I need to buy a sundial so I can keep my watch accurate after the US and its power grid collapses. Time keeping's such a hassle sometmes.

My house came with a built-in microwave/convection oven combo.

It had a Wi-Fi symbol on it and I'm like no fucking way I'm hooking this up to the internet. I manually set the clock and walked away.

The next day was a minute off, The day after that another minute off. I set the clock again in case there was a drift detection

Nope. There's also no way to make the clock not come up.

And that's how my microwave got its own isolation VLAN.

I am "all the clocks in the kitchen set" gang.

Analogue one on the wall, microwave and oven. If they drift I'll fix them.

It's a busy house. Two of the kids get the train to school and minutes matter to them so in the morning you'll frequently hear "time check" from one room and whoever's in the kitchen (or has their phone to hand) will shout back the answer. It just makes things that tiniest bit smoother.

I missed the word 'it' and agreed. Now i feel like afool. But yes.
- You're gonna have to elaborate on that for my tiredness addled brain. :) I only see 2 "it" in there and I don't see any of them being pivotal to the overall meaning.
  Also, welcome to lemmy!

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.

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

So I need 3 watches got it.
Obsolete. My watch and my two clocks are radio controlled, the computers are synced by NTP. I even run a NTP-pool node.

Just gave up on setting my microwave clock because of random power outages

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.

80s faux wood alarm clock
- https://youtu.be/aXieXlAbpQg?t=19
I've got that exact watch and it's set to the correct time.
My microwave says 00:00 though 😞
- My microwave predates digital timers on microwaves. Never saw the point of a microwave knowing the time of day.

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

I just realized this for myself too. Wow.
- I’m considering getting a clock for my kitchen

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

Does anybody really care? 🎷

I love the smug tone of that song

Time dilation occurs when the affected equipment is made out of cheap materials in order to cut costs.

More like, time dilation is impossible to perfect but the better the quality the more accurate it is.
Even atomic clocks have time dilation.
Usually I see them go out due to brief power flashes and none of them have even a CMOS battery -esque setup where it can simply retain the time during a power interruption, which is likely a result of your point.

Every time I look at my microwave, I see a microwave with the correct time. I even set the clock on my hood range.

In fact, the only clock in my house with the incorrect time is the single analog clock in my house with dead batteries....

It's always 00:00 o'clock, 24 hours a day.

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.

My casio watch is radio controlled and solar powered

I’m getting there but I can’t believe this is still not a solved problem:

smart watch synchronous time
home automation hub keeps time over programmable switch
kitchen clock is an Alexa accessory so time is synched
microwave is “efficient”, meaning I can’t get the damn clock to stay on
expensive coffeemakers don’t have clocks

“Atomic” and Ethernet clocks exist but why is there still so little variety and are not in appliances? I just got a decorative clock and spent way too much time looking for an atomic or Ethernet one that I liked before settling on one I have to set twice a year plus whenever the batteries die

Yes, it's a solved problem. Just don't put clocks on ever damning single appliance.
why is there still so little variety
Every appliance is built by the same local company that buys all the components (including firmware) from the same Chinese company.

My power goes out like once a month. At least I also pay some of the highest electricity prices in the world in exchange for that reliability….

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.

Adventure time?

𝅘𝅥𝅮 Does anybody really care? 𝅘𝅥𝅮

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.

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