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“You can accept an answer in 0 seconds” looks weird

Uh... Jeff, is this an off-by-one error? Or is it due to some effect of General Relativity I'm not familiar with?

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    @YOU: The question is a dupe all right, but the answers there don't answer the question.
    – user541686
    Apr 10, 2011 at 9:22
  • Yeah, That's why I upvoted this post, but possible duplicate vote is different case. You posted this to get some attentions right?
    – YOU
    Apr 10, 2011 at 9:29
  • "You can accept an answer in" + Math.Floor((DateTime.Today.AddDays(1) - DateTime.Now).TotalSeconds);
    – Michael Petrotta
    Apr 10, 2011 at 9:31
  • I think they just need to change operator ">" to ">="
    – YOU
    Apr 10, 2011 at 9:32
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    @Mehrdad I think Jeff's answer to the other question answers this as status-dontcare-wontfix. :)
    – Pekka
    Apr 10, 2011 at 9:35
  • @YOU: Not sure what you mean by "get some attention"... I certainly posted it to get attention to the bug, yes, if that's what you mean.
    – user541686
    Apr 10, 2011 at 9:36
  • @Pekka: ...yeah good point. That was July, you think anything's changed since then? (Wishful thinking I know...)
    – user541686
    Apr 10, 2011 at 9:37
  • @Mehrdad, I think "get some attention" I meant is probably explained in "How to get attention for your old, unanswered questions"
    – YOU
    Apr 10, 2011 at 9:38
  • @Mehrdad I doubt it. But then, it's not really that big of a bug, is it? Seeing as it doesn't limit usability at all.
    – Pekka
    Apr 10, 2011 at 9:39
  • @Pekka: Well okay, but the off-by-one is a bit uh, weird, considering that this is a programming Q/A site...
    – user541686
    Apr 10, 2011 at 9:40
  • @YOU: Interesting link, thanks for posting it.
    – user541686
    Apr 10, 2011 at 9:41
  • @Mehrdad: It may not be an off-by-one thing. I'll bet it's a display issue - you actually have to wait 0.34 seconds, rounded down.
    – Michael Petrotta
    Apr 10, 2011 at 9:42
  • @Michael: Yeah that was my guess too -- I didn't mean off-by-one as in the code, but off-by-one as to what the user sees.
    – user541686
    Apr 10, 2011 at 9:48
  • probably, off-by-one was my wrong assuming above, I didn't realized that .TotalSeconds is double :P
    – YOU
    Apr 10, 2011 at 9:50
  • @YOU, change operator ">" to ">=" — might be true, or maybe the code that renders the message calculates the remaining time itself again, using the slightly later current time?
    – Arjan
    Apr 10, 2011 at 9:51

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