TBH I never set them. Whats the point?
Imagine this… let’s all carry around pocket computers that sync with atomic clocks, they can the use low power radios to set cheap clocks… cough… bluetooth current time service… cough…
The power almost never goes out at my house, which is nice, but there are 4 appliances with clocks in my kitchen. The microwave runs fast and is usually about 12 minutes ahead every time the clocks change, the stove is always rock solid, the coffee pot is never set (despite being the only appliance with a timer mode that would actually be useful), and the air fryer is only accurate during summer because I can’t remember how to set it (and I don’t care enough to fix it).
Yeah stopped bothering with setting up the hour manually for these things… Every rainy or windy season my electricity is quite erratic.
Its 12:00
Always has been!
(Also the universe was created last thursday. Have fun!)
I always unplug my microwave because it’s old and makes a soft humming noise. Obviously I don’t bother to set the clock every time, so when it is plugged it usually shows --:–. However occasionally it indicates 12:00 instead, and I have no idea why it is sometimes different…
My guess is that there’s a capacitor in there somewhere. The capacitor stores enough charge to keep the time for short periods (like a power flicker). But it’s unreliable for longer periods of time (beyond a few minutes) and will cause clock drift.
So, when the power goes out for a medium length of time, the microwave resets to 12:00 to indicate that you need to set the time again
However, if the microwave is left unplugged for an extended period of time (a few days to weeks), the capacitor is fully drained. My guess is that this causes the time to be set to --:–
Why it would be designed like that? No idea
Elevators in the office building where I work have screens that run ads, but also have time and date in the corner. It resets every couple of days, so basically every day is in January 1970
Casual ads inside an elevator in an office building? This is the true dystopian future
I’d rather take the stairs (for up to ~10 floors)
