tantris is right

i'm sure he is, but that's still not what I'm talkign about here. I'm saying that spring and fall phases are rolling over to the next phase _even when everyone has not finalized_ when there are still 3-4 minutes left. If you were planning to put in your orders at the last second you will be messed over. Obviously this has a more pronounced effect in live games, but it is still a huge bug in my mind. I think most of us tend to rely on the clock being accurate.

I played a live game last night. The clock worked ok till the last second.

Well, maybe it's just a problem for me, but the clock was consistently rolling over with 3-4 minutes left on my system.

I haven't looked at the code, but it sounds like the javascript clock could be comparing the local computers time with the planned runtime. If the server and the local computer were off by 3 or 4 minutes, then it could be perceived to run early or late, depending on which was faster. Try setting your computer clock to get time from one of the Chron services and see if that doesn't help.

hmmm...that's an interesting theory - my computer's clock is consistently off by 3-4 minutes even though I have frequently reset it to the correct time. I've finally written it off as just one of those unexplainable things in the universe...

what are Chron services and how do I set my computer clock to it?

What OS do you run? There is a setting under XP/Vista/Windows 7 clock to tell it to keep it sunchronized.

Vista

found the synchronization setting - it says it is set to synchronize with time.windows.com

I guess that solves the mystery as to why the computer always seems to go back to being 3-4 minutes off after I fix it...

any suggestions on what server i should choose? options in the dropdown box include:
time.nist.gov
time-nw.nist.gov
time-a.nist.gov
time-b.nist.gov

these are the only options i have apparently.

hmmm...i tried all the servers

all of them come back with this message:

"an error ocurred while Windows was synchronizing with..."

this even happens with time.windows.com

Odd. turn them off and set you computer to your cell phone's time. I use Active Directory so mine pulls from my AD Domain controller at out parent company.

done - i'll watch to see if this affects my phase rollover issue

Esay way to check is to compare the next turn time minus the time left and see if it is within one minute (or one hour and one minute for those on DST). If it is, then that was probably the problem.