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		dredmorbius 8 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: All clocks are 30 seconds late No, its absolutely widespread that they do. You can confirm this by searching "quarter past" at any significant US website, e.g., the NY Times: <https://duckduckgo.com/?q=site%3Anytimes.com+%22quarter+past> "Quarter of" or "quarter to" are less frequent, but can be found and heard.

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